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.
2014
9788873959120
storia romana, religione romana, Eliogabalo, Saturno, Ercole
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