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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ardatirion, post: 1628583, member: 9204&quot;]While their attributes are similar, Tyche and Cybele (Magna Mater) are VERY different deities. Anyone who&#039;s read Catullus&#039; poem on her shepherd consort Attis would know. Worship of Cybele was quite gruesome. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a more traditional depiction of the goddess:</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/18271/8479.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b>ROME</b></p> <p style="text-align: center">PB Tessera (18mm, 4.11 g, 12 h)</p> <p style="text-align: center">Cybele riding right on lion, holding transverse scepter</p> <p style="text-align: center">Attis standing right, wearing Phrygian cap, holding long scepter and ears of grain</p> <p style="text-align: center">Rostowzew 3213, pl. X, 14 var. (no legend); München 631 var. (same)</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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