Depictions of this god often include the mysterious "leontocephaline" as well.
Depictions of this god often include the mysterious "leontocephaline" as well. This god is oftendepicted between two supporters who carry torches pointing in opposite directions, Cautes andCautopates. He is also found underneath the quadriga‐riding Sol. He was carrying a dagger and a torchwhen he was born from a rock. Some devotees of this god were known as the (*) "Bridesman" or "sun‐runner," with the lowest rank of initiaties called "ravens." Worshipped in underground stone caverns,this god engages in the "tauroctony," or ritual bull‐slaying. For 10 points, name this imported Persiangod who was the object of a cult popular with Roman soldiers from the third century CE onward.
Depictions of this god often include the mysterious "leontocephaline" as well.
Mithras