Lion of Mithras with a bee in its mouth. Cult of Mithras, inspired by the Zoroastrian Sun god Mithra. Out of the strong came forth sweetness. Leone Mitriaco in elitropia. Copperplate engraving by Giovanni Battista Galestruzzi after Leonardo Agostini from Gemmae et Sculpturae Antiquae Depicti ab Leonardo Augustino Senesi, Abraham Blooteling, Amsterdam, 1685.

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