In Search of God the Mother: The Cult of Anatolian Cybele

401 Pages·1999·14.8 MB·English

by  Lynn E. Roller

MAP 2. Major archaeological sites
in the Mediterranean region connected
with the Phrygian Mother Goddess.
LYNN E. ROLLER
IN SEARCH
OF GOD T HE
M O T H ER
The Cult of Anatolian Cybele
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CONTENTS
List oflllustrations xi
Preface xv
Abbreviations xix
Introduction i
i. Prolegomenon to a Study of the Phrygian Mother Goddess 9
PART 1. THE MOTHER GODDESS IN ANATOLIA
2. The Evidence from Prehistory 27
3. The Bronze and Early Iron Ages 41
4. The Cult of the Mother Goddess in Phrygia 63
PART 2. THE MOTHER GODDESS IN GREECE
' 5- The Early Cult 119
6. The Classical Period 143
7. The Hellenistic Period 187
PART 3. FROM CULT TO MYTH
8. The Myth of Cybele and Ams 237
PART 4. THE ROMAN MAGNA MATER
9. The Arrival of the Magna Mater in Rome 263
10, The Republic and Early Empire 287
n. The Roman Goddess in Asia Minor 327
Epilogue 34s
Bibliography 347
Index 367