Heliogabalus was told to perform an odd ritual involving a lion, a monkey, and an emasculated man; this series of elements recurs on several magical gems which depict also Saturn, his secret names and his astrological milieu. Many coins of this emperor depict a him in the attitude of a crossdressed Hercules, and this witnesses to a peculiar feature Hercules in both Greece and Rome; moreover his clothes were similar to those of the Jewish high priest, according to several descriptions.
Heliogabalus, Saturnus and Hercules
MASTROCINQUE, Attilio
2014-01-01
Abstract
Heliogabalus was told to perform an odd ritual involving a lion, a monkey, and an emasculated man; this series of elements recurs on several magical gems which depict also Saturn, his secret names and his astrological milieu. Many coins of this emperor depict a him in the attitude of a crossdressed Hercules, and this witnesses to a peculiar feature Hercules in both Greece and Rome; moreover his clothes were similar to those of the Jewish high priest, according to several descriptions.
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