*Περὶ τῆς Συρίης Θεοῦ
aka De Syria Dea; The Syrian Goddess
The Goddesse of Surrye
ancient world
graeco-roman
On the Syrian Goddess 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 essayist Lucian of Samosata.Wikipedia →
A description of the cult of the goddess Atargatis. Written in Ionic Greek in imitation of Herodotus.
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