Re: Was their a god at Ephesus, male counterpart to the Goddess


"Martin Edwards" <big_mart_98@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:STR1j.17334$JA1.3353@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Agamemnon wrote:

<sanlosinst@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:07366909-e146-46a1-a213-941d9db6c6b8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
The Temple at Ephesus is famous for its association with a Goddess
(often called Artemis). But did she have a male counterpart, a husband
or son, perhaps a dying and ressurrected god figure?

No. She was a goddess of virginity.


Samuel

There was an earlier attempt to found a religion of one god, Serapis. There is a Serapion at Pergamon, now Bergama in Turkey, where you can see where the statue stood. Underneath is a pit where a priset stood chanting the supposed words of the god. The temple dates from the first century /CE/. The victory of Christianity was a damned close run thing at times, and the authorities were often unclear about which monotheism they were persecuting.

There worship of any of the ancient Gods in their own was monotheistic by definition so what are you raving on about? That Sarapis was not syncretised anymore with err.... Apis, and worshiped just as Apis king of Argos who ruled over Egypt as Pharaoh Awoserre Apepi?

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