TY - BOOK ID - 101259364 TI - The Mithraic prophecy PY - 2022 SN - 9781407359137 1407359134 PB - Oxford : BAR Publishing, DB - UniCat KW - Mithracisme KW - Mithraism KW - Rome KW - Religious life and customs. KW - Mithras (Zoroastrian deity) KW - Relief (Sculpture), Roman KW - Prophecy KW - Mithraism in art KW - Excavations (Archaeology) KW - Cult KW - Art KW - Antiquities. KW - Archaeological digs KW - Archaeological excavations KW - Digs (Archaeology) KW - Excavation sites (Archaeology) KW - Ruins KW - Sites, Excavation (Archaeology) KW - Archaeology KW - Forecasting KW - Mithra (Zoroastrian deity) KW - Zoroastrian gods KW - Zoroastrianism UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:101259364 AB - "Why did the Romans worship a Persian god? This book presents a new reading of the Mithraic iconography taking into account that the cult had a prophecy. It is likely that the Mithraic reliefs alluded to it and the scenes in the upper panels depict the Golden Age which was the final result of many apocalyptic, prophetic texts including the 4th Eclogue of Virgil. The Avesta, the Vedas, and Herodotus associate Mithras with the morning star and the dawn and this god was the mediator between darkness and light. Additionally, Mithras was a protector of rulers and, similar to Apollo, arbiter and mediator between opposite elements, and saviour of humankind. For these reasons he was ideal to become the god of Augustus and the Roman emperors." Source : cover ER -