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unusual facts about cult statue



Serapis

According to Plutarch, Ptolemy stole the cult statue from Sinope, having been instructed in a dream by the "unknown god" to bring the statue to Alexandria, where the statue was pronounced to be Serapis by two religious experts.

Titular Episcopal See of Sufes

a cult statue of Hercules had been destroyed, and in retaliation the pagan inhabitants massacred sixty Christians.


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Fortuna Huiusce Diei

The architectural design of the temple reflects cultural syncretism: the frontality of its podium design would have placed the focus on the cult statue in the Roman manner, but some aspects are Hellenistic.