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Greco-Roman mystery religions
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Greco-Roman_mystery_religions
GPTKB entity
Statements (42)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:religion
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
mystery cults
gptkbp:characterizedBy
initiation ceremonies
secret rituals
gptkbp:declinedAfter
4th century CE
gptkbp:excludes
public religious practice
gptkbp:flourishedDuring
gptkb:Roman_Empire
gptkb:Hellenistic_period
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Greco-Roman mystery religions
gptkbp:includedReligion
gptkb:Isis_Mysteries
gptkb:Samothracian_Mysteries
gptkb:Cult_of_Cybele
gptkb:Mithraism
gptkb:Orphic_Mysteries
gptkb:Dionysian_Mysteries
gptkb:Eleusinian_Mysteries
gptkbp:influenced
early Christianity
gptkbp:influencedBy
gptkb:Eastern_religions
gptkbp:mainDeity
gptkb:Attis
gptkb:Serapis
gptkb:Isis
gptkb:Persephone
gptkb:Dionysus
gptkb:Demeter
gptkb:Mithras
gptkb:Cybele
gptkbp:oftenInvolved
purification rituals
oaths of secrecy
sacred meals
symbolic death and rebirth
gptkbp:practicedIn
gptkb:Ancient_Rome
Ancient Greece
gptkbp:purpose
personal salvation
afterlife assurance
gptkbp:requires
initiation
gptkbp:source
gptkb:artifacts
gptkb:historical_documents
inscriptions
gptkbp:studiedBy
historians of religion
gptkbp:suppressedBy
gptkb:Christian_Roman_Empire
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Isis_cult
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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