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  • From: Edgar Krentz <ekrentz AT lstc.edu>
  • To: "Corpus-paul" <corpus-paul AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Cabirus cult in Thessalonika
  • Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 10:23:56 -0500


>Edgar Krentz wrote:
>
>> >What, if anything, can List members tell me about the Cabirus cult in
>> >Thessalonika in the Hellenistic period?
>> >
>> >Yours,
>> >
>> >Jeffrey
>> >--
>> >Jeffrey B. Gibson
>> >7423 N. Sheridan Road #2A
>> >Chicago, Illinois 60626
>> >e-mail jgibson000 AT ameritech.net
>>
>> First of all, the cult is centered on the island of Samothrace. It is in
>> many ways the most obscure mystery cult in ancient Greecde. See Walter
>> Burkert on Greek Mysteries.
>>
>> There is a long article on religions at Thessalonica in the HTR in the 30s.
>> My Thess bibliography is at home, so I cannot give you exact data.
>>
>
>Are you referring to the articles by Charles Edson entitled Macedonia, II.
>State Cults
>in Thessalonica" and "Macedonia, III. Cults in Thessalonica"?
>
YES
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