The great mother of the gods . g the castrated garb was similar to that of the high priest and highpriestess—garments of various bright colors, necklaces, im-ages, The occabus, defined by Hesychius as ra rrepl rovppaxtova if/eWta, and the corona, a golden crown with medal-lions, were sometimes presented by the quindecimviri. 2There were sacerdotes primi3 and sacerdotes secundo loco4 andconsacerdotes. 6 A priest at Ostia was minister of both theGreat Mother and Isis, and one at Brundisium of these twoand Dea There is little evidence as to the periodof service. A priest
The great mother of the gods . g the castrated garb was similar to that of the high priest and highpriestess—garments of various bright colors, necklaces, im-ages, The occabus, defined by Hesychius as ra rrepl rovppaxtova if/eWta, and the corona, a golden crown with medal-lions, were sometimes presented by the quindecimviri. 2There were sacerdotes primi3 and sacerdotes secundo loco4 andconsacerdotes. 6 A priest at Ostia was minister of both theGreat Mother and Isis, and one at Brundisium of these twoand Dea There is little evidence as to the periodof service. A priest at Lugdunum has perpetuitatem sacer-doiii bestowed upon him by decree of the ordo Lugdunensis. 7 Among the official servants of the Mother were the tibi- 99 Ibid. VI 502, 2257. 100 Visconti Museo Pio-Clem. VII p. 104. 1 Dionys. Hal. II19; Ovid Fast. IV 339. 2 C. I. L. X 3698; XIII1751.*Ibid. IX 1541. 4 Ibid. 1538, 1541. 5 Ibid. 1540. Ibid. XIV 429; IX XIII1751. BULL. UNIV. WIS., PHIL. AND LIT. SER. VOL. 1, PL. A PRIESTESS OF THE GREAT MOTHER. From a Relief in the Vatican. (After Baton eister.) SHOWERMAN THE GREAT MOTHER. 275 cen, tympanistria, and the cymbalistria, whose titles are self-explanatory. The name of the tibicen Flavius Restitutus,of Lugdunum, is recorded side by side with that of the offi-ciating priest in the memorial of a taurobolium, and that ofthe cymbalistria Secunda, of Tergeste, is likewise inscribedwith that of the priest of the The name of the aedi-tuus Gains Publicius Hermes is also found in the Tergesteinscription. Gnaeus Pompeius Probus, a curator templi,dedicates an altar to the Mother. 9 The titles aedituus andcurator templi denote the same Plavia Tyche, inOlisipo, Lusitania, is a cernopliora, or bearer of the sacrifi-cial vessel, the The office of apparator is Quintus Nunnius Telephus was a magister col-legii cultorum at Finally, an inscription recordsthe name of Tiberius Claudius
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