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The Hellenistic depiction on the reverse shows the king kneeling before an Apollo-like god, which is thought to be Mithra. [7] A marble relief of the tauroctony in later Roman Mithraism, 2nd – 3rd century CE Investiture of Sassanid emperor Ardashir II (3rd century CE bas-relief at Taq-e Bostan, Iran.
The name Mithras (Latin, equivalent to Greek "Μίθρας", [1]) is a form of Mithra, the name of an Iranian god, [2] a point acknowledged by Mithras scholars since the days of Franz Cumont. [3] The Greek form of the name appears in Xenophon 's biography of Cyrus , the Cyropaedia , [ 4 ] a work written in the fourth century BC.
(Kent initially suggested Sanskrit [7] but later [6] changed his mind). Middle Iranian myhr (Parthian, also in living Armenian usage) and mihr (Middle Persian), derive from Avestan Mithra. Greek/Latin "Mithras," the focal deity of the Greco-Roman cult of Mithraism is the nominative form of vocative Mithra. In contrast to the original Avestan ...
An English translation of part of this work was published in 1903, with the title The Mysteries of Mithra. [105] Cumont's hypothesis, as the author summarizes it in the first 32 pages of his book, was that the Roman religion was "the Roman form of Mazdaism ", [ 43 ] (p 298) the Persian state religion, disseminated from the East.
The Mithra Temple of Maragheh, also referred to as the Mithra Temple of Verjuy or simply Mehr Temple is a place of worship of the Aryan (Indo-Iranian) god, Mitra ((Avesta: Mithra, Skt: Mitra, Pahlavi: Mihr, NPer: Mihr/Mehr),) a mysterious underground place of prayer in northwestern Iranian city of Maragheh dating back to thousands of years ago, [1] is located in Iran, 6 km southeast of Maraghe ...
Mithra was the god who presided over the covenants. In Iranian religion there were two gods with martial traits similar to those of Vedic Indra, these were Mithra and Vrthraghna . The most prominent female deities were Spanta Aramati, the deity of the earth, and Ardvi Sura, the deity of the sacred river.
The "Mithras Liturgy" is a text from the Great Magical Papyrus of Paris, part of the Greek Magical Papyri, [1] numbered PGM IV.475–829. [2]The modern name by which the text is known originated in 1903 with Albrecht Dieterich, its first translator, [3] [4] based on the invocation of Helios Mithras (Ἥλιοϲ Μίθραϲ) as the god who will provide the initiate with a revelation of ...
Mithras stock epithet is Sol Invictus, "invincible sun".However, Mithras is distinct from both deities known as Sol Invictus, and they are separate entities on Mithraic statuary and artwork such as the tauroctony, hunting scenes, and banquet scenes, in which Mithras dines with Sol. [10] Other scenes feature Mithras ascending behind Sol in the latter's chariot, the deities shaking hands and the ...