Greco-Roman mystery religions

GPTKB entity

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
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	8
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Greco-Roman mystery religions