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Cook, Arthur B.
Zeus: a study in ancient religion (Band 2,1): Zeus god of the dark sky (thunder and lightning): Text and notes — Cambridge, 1925

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310 Attis in relation to the Dioskouroi

well as to monumental evidence. According to Polybios, Cn. Man-
lius, when encamped in 189 B.C. on the bank of the river Sangarios,
' was visited by Galloi from Attis and Battakes, priests of the
Mother of the gods at Pessinous1.' The historian's description sug-
gests a double priesthood. The jingling names2 would suit the
priests of twin deities. And both names were traditional. 1 Attis
the priest,' who carried on a correspondence with Eumenes ii in

Fig. 199.

1 Polyb. 21. 37. 5.

2 Cp. the 'ArTafioKaoL or mystics of the goddess at Pessinous (Dittenberger Orient.
Gr. inscr. sel. nos. 540, 20 and 541, 7).
 
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