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Acta Antiqua Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae

ISSN 0044-5975

1 paper in the library · publishing 2018

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Starry Twins and Mystery Rites: From Samothrace to Mithras

Acta Antiqua Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae December 1, 2018 S. Blakely

Iconographic analogies between the Mithraic torchbearers, Cautes and Cautopates, and the Greek Dioscuri encourage a comparative analysis of these figures in context. Previous studies have emphasized the potential for the divine twins to be the origins of the torchbearers: a closer examination of the Dioscuri as they functioned within another mystery cult, the rites of the Great Gods of...