Mithras-Orion: Greek Hero and Roman Army God; Etudes Preliminaires aux Religions Orientales dans l'Empire Romain, Tome Quatre-Vingt et Uniéme
Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1980. First Edition. Softcover. Large octavo. viii + 56pp. Teal cloth over card covers, bibliography, index. With b&w frontispiece, 1 plate and 8 in text figures. Errata. The first edition of this brief study in which the author postulates that "Mithraism, together with the cult of Iuppiter Dolichenus, was the most successful in the Roman Army and that while ostensibly an Iranian cult, it actually was a Greek cosmic religion, based on the Greek view of the heavens and the myth of Orion" (from the Foreword) Very light shelf wear, underlining and annotations to 3-4 pages - else a tight, clean VG+ copy. Item #62429
ISBN: 9004060553
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