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Magna Mater

[mahg-nuh mah-ter] / ˈmɑg nə ˈmɑ tɛr /


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Lombard imagines Claudia Quinta’s rescue of the ship carrying Magna Mater to Rome.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

It eventually became the Catskills Phrygianum of the Maetreum of Cybele Magna Mater, their global headquarters and convent house.

From New York Times • Feb. 10, 2011

Jupiter, on a cippus with a curious relief of Claudia drawing the boat with the image of the Magna Mater up the Tiber.

From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.

While he might ally himself with Magna Mater and Jupiter Dolichenus, he coldly repulsed any association with Isis and Serapis, who were his rivals for oecumenical sway.

From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Dill, Samuel

The Magna Mater, who is thoroughly different from her Hellenized sister, penetrated into all Latin provinces and imposed herself upon them with the Roman religion.

From The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism by Cumont, Franz




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