-
whether Pessinus was
already a
temple state ruled by
dynastai ("lords") in the
Phrygian period. By the 3rd
century BC at the latest,
Pessinus had become...
- half of the old
province and was
headed by a praeses, with its seat at
Pessinus. Both
provinces were part of the
Diocese of Pontus. The
provinces were...
-
account might attempt to
explain the nature, origin, and
structure of
Pessinus' theocracy. A ****enistic poet
refers to Cybele's
priests in the feminine...
- the body to
Pessinus,
where it was
consecrated and
honored with
yearly rites. Agdistis's
story comes from the
Phrygian city of
Pessinus, a
cultic center...
- of
Celtic Galatia included the
cities of
Ancyra (present day Ankara),
Pessinus, Tavium, and Gordion. Upon the
death of Deiotarus, the
Kingdom of Galatia...
- centers, the
headquarters of the
Tectosages tribe.
Other centers were
Pessinus, today's Ballıhisar, for the
Trocmi tribe, and Tavium, to the east of Ankara...
-
taking control of
important cities such as
Ancyra (present day Ankara),
Pessinus, Tavium, and Gordion. They
launched further raids into Bithynia, Heracleia...
- mythology,
Mount Agdistis also
called Agdos was a
sacred mountain located at
Pessinus in Phrygia. The
mountain was
personified as a
daemon called Agdistis. Agdistis...
-
sacred symbol, a
black meteorite, in a
temple called the
Megalesion in
Pessinus in
modern Turkey. The
earliest surviving references to the
galli come from...
- so his body
would never decay or decompose. At the
temple of
Cybele in
Pessinus, the
mother of the gods was
still called Agdistis, the
geographer Strabo...
