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- Title
THE GREAT MOTHER AT GORDION: THE HELLENIZATION OF AN ANATOLIAN CULT.
- Authors
Roller, Lynn E.
- Abstract
The article presents a study about the cult of the Phrygian Mother goddess and its transmission throughout the Greek and Roman world. It examines the process of Hellenization of the Mother goddess in Gordion and in central Anatolia, following Alexander's conquests. Several aspects of this phenomenon, including the source of the Greek iconography representing the goddess in Hellenistic Gordion, the adoption of the Greek image at Gordion, and the effect of the change in religious iconography on actual religious practice, are discussed.
- Subjects
TURKEY; HELLENISM; PHRYGIAN goddesses; GORDION (Extinct city); GREEK icons; RELIGIOUS idols; CULTS; PHRYGIAN gods; RELIGION
- Publication
Journal of Hellenic Studies, 1991, Vol 111, p128
- ISSN
0075-4269
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/631891