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On the Syrian Goddess
Greek treatise by Lucian of Samosata / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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On the Syrian Goddess (Greek: Περὶ τῆς Συρίης Θεοῦ; Latin: De Dea Syria) is a Greek treatise of the second century AD which describes religious cults practiced at the temple of Hierapolis Bambyce, now Manbij, in Syria. The work is written in a Herodotean style of Ionic Greek, and has been traditionally ascribed to the Syrian[1] essayist Lucian of Samosata.
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