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ATTIS - Attis (; Greek: , also , , ) was the consort of Cybele in Phrygian and Greek mythology. His priests were eunuchs, the Galli, as explained by origin m...
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| A race is suggested by a shepherd of Herodotus |
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| Sep 9 2011 The Times - Specialist |
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| (in Anatolian mythology) the youthful consort of Cybele, whose death and resurrection were associated with the spring festival. |
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| Attis (; Greek: , also , , ) was the consort of Cybele in Phrygian and Greek mythology. His priests were eunuchs, the Galli, as explained by origin myths pertaining to Attis and castration. Attis was also a Phrygian god of vegetation. In his self-mutilation, death and resurrection he represents the fruits of the earth which die in winter only to rise again in the spring.The 19th-century identification with the name Atys encountered in Herodotus (i.3445) as the historical name of the son of Croesus ("Atys the sun god, slain by the boar's tusk of winter") is mistaken. |