The great mother of the gods . reign cults, the cult of the Great Motherwas under the control of the quindecimviri sacris faciundis,which body at least had power to appoint and equip priests 85 De Mens. IV 41; rrjv ds kopvrjv KXavdioS 6 fia6i\ev$ Harsdrjjdaro. MPrud. Peristeph. X 153 sqq.; Lucan I 599. 8T C. I. L. XIII 1751. *Ibid. VI 494, 497-9, 2183, 2257. 89 Ibid. 2183; XIV 34, 35, 385. 90 Ibid. VI 2183, 511. 272 BULLETIN OP THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN. in all parts of Italy, whether they always exercised it di-rectly or not. 91 Those directly appointed and equippedwith insignia by them wer
The great mother of the gods . reign cults, the cult of the Great Motherwas under the control of the quindecimviri sacris faciundis,which body at least had power to appoint and equip priests 85 De Mens. IV 41; rrjv ds kopvrjv KXavdioS 6 fia6i\ev$ Harsdrjjdaro. MPrud. Peristeph. X 153 sqq.; Lucan I 599. 8T C. I. L. XIII 1751. *Ibid. VI 494, 497-9, 2183, 2257. 89 Ibid. 2183; XIV 34, 35, 385. 90 Ibid. VI 2183, 511. 272 BULLETIN OP THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN. in all parts of Italy, whether they always exercised it di-rectly or not. 91 Those directly appointed and equippedwith insignia by them were called sacerdotes The colleges of the dendrophori were also under theircontrol. 93 The quindecimviri participated officially in theannual celebration. The stips, or collection from house tohouse, continued to be the source of support. 94 At the head of the ministry stood the Archigallus, or highpriest. A relief of an Archigallus, found between Lanuvi-um and Genzano and now in the Capitoline Museum, shows. A Priest of the Great Mother. Relief in the Capitoline Museum, [After BaumeisterJ a man of effeminate features, dressed in a long-sleeved gar-ment. The hair is arranged like that of a woman, thereare pendants in the ears, and a veil hangs from the head tothe shoulders on either side. Over the veil is a garland or 91 C. I. L. X 3698; XIII 1751. ~,2 Ibid. IX 981, 1538; X Ibid. X XII 4321. SHOWERMAN—THE GREAT MOTHER. 273 crown with three medallions, the middle one, over the fore-head, containing a bust of Idaean Zeus, those at the sides,over the ears, busts of Attis. From under the veil, on ei-ther side, double string-like fillets descend over the breastand body. A band with a clasp formed by two serpentheads joined by a ring is worn as a necklace, and beneathon the breast hangs a shrine-like frame with a bust of At-tis. On the left shoulder is a scourge, the carved handleending at either extremity in a bearded head, and the threethong
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