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Let’s talk about Mithras with Yolanda De Iuliis

Yolanda’s multimedia dissertation focuses on the cognitive mechanisms that motivate Mithras worshippers. Her work includes a podcast entitled Conversations about Mithras.

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Introductio

 

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Some places to visit

  • Mithraeum of Kapıkaya

    Mithras became the main deity worshipped in the sanctuary of Meter in Kapikaya, Turkey, in Roman times, at least until the fourth century.

     
  • Mithräum von Trier

    The Trier Mithräum was discovered during work on the city’s new fire station. The findings included a Cautes limestone relief.

     
  • Niasar Cave

    The Niasar Cave, غار نیاسر, was a temple probably devoted to Iranian Mithras that dates back to the early Partian era.

     
  • Mithraea of Dülük

    The Mithraea of Doliche, ancient Dülük, Turkey, are unique in that they represent two distinct shrines on the same site.

     

Sententia

Guest insights

Milen Ivanov

В египетски има дума heka което означава магия дори…

on A name older than Greece

 

The New Mithraeum

Hi Yannick, thanks for checking. Just to clarify, 545 is the TNMM number, not the CIMRM number.

on Cautopates in the Walters Art Museum

 

The New Mithraeum

Thank you, Alejandro. I’ve just added a link to the article for anyone who’s interested.

on Mithraeum of Hawarte

 

clayton veno

I’m not sure I fully agree. This appears to be based on an overly literal reading that assumes…

on Two Mithras-Attis terracotta from Kerch

 

Dominique PERSOONS

I believe that the top left corner does not come from this relief: there is no Sun facing the Moon…

on Tauroctony relief from Naples

 

Pattie L

I was just SO excited over this one. XOXO

on Tauroctony relief from Paks

 

Isabelle Waine

salve. The site entry for Gaius Cassius Flavianus says there is attestation that he was part of the mithraeum at Ad Enum…

on Mithraeum of Inveresk

 

The New Mithraeum

On this, the sun and the moon are a common motif in Roman iconography, appearing of course on the…

on Tauroctony relief from Naples

 

Pattie L

Sol and Luna are reversed, and Cautes is a lazy boy, with a column to hold up his arm…

on Tauroctony from Târgușor

 
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