CL 222 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Homeric Hymns, Attis, Loud Music
16 Feb 2017
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*often depicted sitting on a throne: engraved on coins with her image. With a crown and arm resting on a tympanum: drum. Holds a patera (bowl meant for oils and worship) because she demads worship and praise to over flow. Lions seated next to her thrown, subject to her power. May sometimes be depicted in a chariot being pulled by lions. Homeric hymn to cybele (cid:498)she delights in the clangor of castanets and drum; the roar of the flutes, the calming of wolves and bright-eyed lions(cid:499) Loves land, uncontrolled noise, goddess of (cid:498)heavy metal(cid:499) (cid:523)in kerkules speak(cid:524) Loss of control: she has with in her the energy of life, she rules over it. Known as matar kubileya: matter of the mountains. Magna mater, cybele (greeks named her this because they misunderstood her original name. Great variety throughout the ancient world from phrygia, greece, rome and the empire.
