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300 The Mother-goddess and her paredros
Rome to Paris, and subsequently published by Montfaucon, repre-
sents a priest wearing on his breast two medallions and an aedicula
(fig. 192)1: the medallions display two busts of Attis ; the aedicula has
Kybele with mural crown and timbrel standing between Iupiter
(thunderbolt, spear) and Mercurius (caduceus), the gable being occu-
pied by a reclining figure of Attis (cap, lagoboloii). A relief, found in
1736 between Civita Lavinia and Genzano and now in the Palazzo dei
Fig. 192.
Conservatori at Rome2, shows (fig. 193)3 a priest of effeminate aspect
wearing a long-sleeved chiton and a himdtion drawn like a veil over
his head. He has ear-rings, fillets, and a necklace. In his right hand
is a pomegranate and three pomegranate (?)-t\vigs ; in his left hand
a shell-shaped bowl of fruit including a fir-cone and almonds. A
whip of triple lash strung with knuckle-bones hangs over his
shoulder. And beside him are suspended a pair of cymbals, a tim-
brel, a pipe, a flute, and a basket or kiste containing his severed
1 Montfaucon Antiquity Explained trans. D. Humphreys London 1721 i. 6f. pi. 3
no. 9 statue [minus head and arms) belonging to M. Foucault. My fig. 192 reproduces
the upper part of the figure only.
3 W. Helbig Fiihrer durch die bffentlichen Sammlungen klassiscker Altertiimer in
Rom* Leipzig 1912 i. 566 no. 987.
■J G. Winckelmann Monumenti antichi inediti Roma 1821 ii. 7 fi. pi. 8, P. Righetti
Descrizione del Campidoglio Roma 1833 i. 131 f. pi. 130 ( = my fig. 193), Baumeister Denkm.
ii. 801 f. fig. 867, Reinach Rep. Reliefs iii. 207 no. 1, H. Graillot Le culte de Cybele Mere
des dieux d Rome et dans Vempire romain Paris 1912 p. 236 ff.
Rome to Paris, and subsequently published by Montfaucon, repre-
sents a priest wearing on his breast two medallions and an aedicula
(fig. 192)1: the medallions display two busts of Attis ; the aedicula has
Kybele with mural crown and timbrel standing between Iupiter
(thunderbolt, spear) and Mercurius (caduceus), the gable being occu-
pied by a reclining figure of Attis (cap, lagoboloii). A relief, found in
1736 between Civita Lavinia and Genzano and now in the Palazzo dei
Fig. 192.
Conservatori at Rome2, shows (fig. 193)3 a priest of effeminate aspect
wearing a long-sleeved chiton and a himdtion drawn like a veil over
his head. He has ear-rings, fillets, and a necklace. In his right hand
is a pomegranate and three pomegranate (?)-t\vigs ; in his left hand
a shell-shaped bowl of fruit including a fir-cone and almonds. A
whip of triple lash strung with knuckle-bones hangs over his
shoulder. And beside him are suspended a pair of cymbals, a tim-
brel, a pipe, a flute, and a basket or kiste containing his severed
1 Montfaucon Antiquity Explained trans. D. Humphreys London 1721 i. 6f. pi. 3
no. 9 statue [minus head and arms) belonging to M. Foucault. My fig. 192 reproduces
the upper part of the figure only.
3 W. Helbig Fiihrer durch die bffentlichen Sammlungen klassiscker Altertiimer in
Rom* Leipzig 1912 i. 566 no. 987.
■J G. Winckelmann Monumenti antichi inediti Roma 1821 ii. 7 fi. pi. 8, P. Righetti
Descrizione del Campidoglio Roma 1833 i. 131 f. pi. 130 ( = my fig. 193), Baumeister Denkm.
ii. 801 f. fig. 867, Reinach Rep. Reliefs iii. 207 no. 1, H. Graillot Le culte de Cybele Mere
des dieux d Rome et dans Vempire romain Paris 1912 p. 236 ff.