god
Magna Mater (Idaean Mother)
the Idaean Mother
also: Mater Idaea, Great Mother
The Phrygian Great Mother (Cybele), whose sacred stone was brought to Rome from Pessinus in 204 BC, received by the matrons.
Reading notes
- The History of Rome, Book 34 §1 Idaean Mother
The Phrygian Great Mother (Cybele), whose sacred stone was brought to Rome in 204 BC.
- The History of Rome, Book 35 §10 the Idaean Mother
The Great Mother (Magna Mater, Cybele) of Mount Ida, whose sacred stone Rome had fetched from Pessinus in 204 BC.
- The History of Rome, Book 36 §27 Idaean Great Mother
Cybele, the Phrygian Great Mother brought to Rome from Pessinus in 204 BC and housed on the Palatine.