Magna Mater (Cybele)

Reading notes

• The History of Rome, Book 29 §10 Idaean Mother

  The Idaean Mother (Magna Mater, Cybele), whose sacred stone the prophecy bids be brought from Pessinus to Rome.

• The History of Rome, Book 37 §9 Mother of the gods

  The Great Mother (Magna Mater, Cybele), whose priests came out to plead for Sestus.

• The History of Rome, Book 38 §14 Great Mother

  The Magna Mater (Cybele), great mother-goddess of Phrygia, whose cult-centre was Pessinus.