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List of Gods : "God20Sabazios" - 2 records

Name ▲▼	Origin ▲▼	Description ▲▼
God name "Sabazios"	Phrygian / NW Turkey	A god of Agriculture
God name "Sabazios"	Phrygian / northwestern Turkey	God. Eventually Hellenized, identified with ZEUS and DIONYSOS and linked with Dionysiac mysteries, appearing in Athens from circa 400 BC. His device is a right hand cast in bronze and decorated with symbols representing his benevolence. His influence extended into Roman culture where he reached a height of popularity circa AD 200. As late as AD 300 there are frescoes of Sabazios in the tomb of Vibia whose husband was a priest of the god's cult....

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