Mithras in a sentence

At this period a certain Pallas devoted a monograph to Mithras, and a little later Euboulus wrote a History of Mithras, although both works are now lost.

Tertullian, De Corona Militis, 15.3 History and development Mithras before the Mysteries Mithras-Helios, in Phrygian cap with solar rays, with Antiochus I of Commagene.

The centre-piece is Mithras clothed in Anatolian costume and wearing a Phrygian cap ; who is kneeling on the exhausted Clauss, M., The Roman cult of Mithras, p. 77. bull, holding it by the nostrils with his left hand, and stabbing it with his right.

But Pope Julius I saw an opportunity to pull in pagan converts by setting a date for the birth of Jesus that coincided with the “birthday” of the Roman gods Mithras and Sol Invictus (25 December).

Only viewable digitally for now, her installation responds to the history of the Temple of Mithras.

The Persians dedicated the 25th day of the December to the worship of their sun-god Mithras.

Almost all Mithraea contain statues dedicated to gods of other cults, and it is common to find inscriptions dedicated to Mithras in other sanctuaries, especially those of Jupiter Dolichenus.

A ray of light often reaches down to touch Mithras.

Beck, R., Merkelbach's Mithras, p. 299. Inscriptions from the 4th century are few.

Birth from a rock render Mithras is depicted as being born from a rock.

Christianity was far from accepted amongst the higher echelons of society; among members of the army the worship of Mithras would have been stronger.

Citing Eubulus as his source, Porphyry writes that the original temple of Mithras was a natural cave, containing fountains, which Zoroaster found in the mountains of Persia.

Clauss, M., The Roman cult of Mithras, p. 74. Sometimes the cavern is surrounded by a circle, on which the twelve signs of the zodiac appear.

Clauss, M. The Roman cult of Mithras, p. 98 99. An image search for ‘tauroctony’ will show many examples of the variations.

Clauss, M., The Roman cult of Mithras, pp. 31 32. It cannot be shown that any Mithraeum continued in use in the 5th century.

Cumont held that a version of the myth must have existed in which Mithras, not Ahriman, killed the bovine.

End of Roman Mithraism It is difficult to trace when the cult of Mithras came to an end.

Gregory Nazianzen refers to the "tests in the mysteries of Mithras".

He adds that at the individual level, various individuals did hold roles both in the state cults and the priesthood of Mithras.

However, he found adversaries there also in the priests of Mithras: and being confuted in the discussion of many arguments and controversies, and at last hard pressed, he took refuge with a certain widow.