![Blood, Lead, and Tears: The Cult of Cybele as a Means of Addressing Ancient Roman Issues of Fertility – Discentes Blood, Lead, and Tears: The Cult of Cybele as a Means of Addressing Ancient Roman Issues of Fertility – Discentes](https://web.sas.upenn.edu/discentes/files/2020/08/cybele-2-1170x550.jpg)
Blood, Lead, and Tears: The Cult of Cybele as a Means of Addressing Ancient Roman Issues of Fertility – Discentes
![Temple of Magna Mater, simulacrum of the goddess and fragments of lions which stood on either side of her - The Urban Legacy of Ancient Rome - Spotlight at Stanford Temple of Magna Mater, simulacrum of the goddess and fragments of lions which stood on either side of her - The Urban Legacy of Ancient Rome - Spotlight at Stanford](https://stacks.stanford.edu/image/iiif/nz640yp6911%2FFU.Roma.MMAE.15/full/!400,400/0/default.jpg)
Temple of Magna Mater, simulacrum of the goddess and fragments of lions which stood on either side of her - The Urban Legacy of Ancient Rome - Spotlight at Stanford
![Blood, Lead, and Tears: The Cult of Cybele as a Means of Addressing Ancient Roman Issues of Fertility – Discentes Blood, Lead, and Tears: The Cult of Cybele as a Means of Addressing Ancient Roman Issues of Fertility – Discentes](https://web.sas.upenn.edu/discentes/files/2020/08/cybele.jpg)
Blood, Lead, and Tears: The Cult of Cybele as a Means of Addressing Ancient Roman Issues of Fertility – Discentes
![A statue of the Magna Mater / Cybele (h. 0.98), possibly from Ostia. | Arte grega, Cibele, Mitologia grega A statue of the Magna Mater / Cybele (h. 0.98), possibly from Ostia. | Arte grega, Cibele, Mitologia grega](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/73/f1/3a/73f13ad9072b3d080325c3dfcfa612a5.jpg)
A statue of the Magna Mater / Cybele (h. 0.98), possibly from Ostia. | Arte grega, Cibele, Mitologia grega
![Statua della dea romana seduta Magna Mater con corona murale. Cibele o Kibele, dea madre anatolica. Cibeles statua vetus marmorea. Incisione copperplate di Giovanni Battista Cannetti da Copperplate delle più belle statue Statua della dea romana seduta Magna Mater con corona murale. Cibele o Kibele, dea madre anatolica. Cibeles statua vetus marmorea. Incisione copperplate di Giovanni Battista Cannetti da Copperplate delle più belle statue](https://c8.alamy.com/compit/2h3a8hf/statua-della-dea-romana-seduta-magna-mater-con-corona-murale-cibele-o-kibele-dea-madre-anatolica-cibeles-statua-vetus-marmorea-incisione-copperplate-di-giovanni-battista-cannetti-da-copperplate-delle-piu-belle-statue-antiche-di-roma-calcografia-di-piu-belle-statue-antiche-a-roma-incisa-da-cannetti-all-arco-della-ciambella-edita-da-gaetano-quojani-roma-1779-2h3a8hf.jpg)
Statua della dea romana seduta Magna Mater con corona murale. Cibele o Kibele, dea madre anatolica. Cibeles statua vetus marmorea. Incisione copperplate di Giovanni Battista Cannetti da Copperplate delle più belle statue
![Votive deposits from the Temple of Magna Mater, Rome, 3rd-2nd century BCE. It was prophesied that bringing this Phrygian goddess to the city would hasten Carthaginian defeat. While associated with festival games, Votive deposits from the Temple of Magna Mater, Rome, 3rd-2nd century BCE. It was prophesied that bringing this Phrygian goddess to the city would hasten Carthaginian defeat. While associated with festival games,](https://i.redd.it/6zcdp2c1lvz41.jpg)
Votive deposits from the Temple of Magna Mater, Rome, 3rd-2nd century BCE. It was prophesied that bringing this Phrygian goddess to the city would hasten Carthaginian defeat. While associated with festival games,
![The Roman National Museum Palazzo Massimo Alle Terme in Rome, Italy Editorial Photography - Image of italy, italian: 160467247 The Roman National Museum Palazzo Massimo Alle Terme in Rome, Italy Editorial Photography - Image of italy, italian: 160467247](https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/roman-national-museum-palazzo-massimo-alle-terme-rome-italy-magna-mater-cibele-entrance-hall-colossal-statue-was-found-160467247.jpg)
The Roman National Museum Palazzo Massimo Alle Terme in Rome, Italy Editorial Photography - Image of italy, italian: 160467247
![Roma, Percorsi fuori dal PArCo. Nel secondo appuntamento, seguendo il culto di Cibele, il viaggio parte dal tempio della Magna Mater sul Palatino per arrivare al parco archeologico di Ostia Antica Roma, Percorsi fuori dal PArCo. Nel secondo appuntamento, seguendo il culto di Cibele, il viaggio parte dal tempio della Magna Mater sul Palatino per arrivare al parco archeologico di Ostia Antica](https://archeologiavocidalpassato.files.wordpress.com/2021/05/roma_palatino_tempio-magna-mater_ricostruzione_foto-parco.png?w=468)
Roma, Percorsi fuori dal PArCo. Nel secondo appuntamento, seguendo il culto di Cibele, il viaggio parte dal tempio della Magna Mater sul Palatino per arrivare al parco archeologico di Ostia Antica
![Cibele, o Magna Mater (grande madre), frigia/dea romana, 1702. Artista: sconosciuto Foto stock - Alamy Cibele, o Magna Mater (grande madre), frigia/dea romana, 1702. Artista: sconosciuto Foto stock - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/compit/w7cn02/cibele-o-magna-mater-grande-madre-frigia-dea-romana-1702-artista-sconosciuto-w7cn02.jpg)
Cibele, o Magna Mater (grande madre), frigia/dea romana, 1702. Artista: sconosciuto Foto stock - Alamy
![Cibele o Magna Mater, dea madre romana, tiene una chiave e le redini di un carro disegnato da due leoni maschi. Incisione a copperplate dal Pantheon di Andrew Tooke, che rappresenta le Cibele o Magna Mater, dea madre romana, tiene una chiave e le redini di un carro disegnato da due leoni maschi. Incisione a copperplate dal Pantheon di Andrew Tooke, che rappresenta le](https://c8.alamy.com/compit/2gj5fc6/cibele-o-magna-mater-dea-madre-romana-tiene-una-chiave-e-le-redini-di-un-carro-disegnato-da-due-leoni-maschi-incisione-a-copperplate-dal-pantheon-di-andrew-tooke-che-rappresenta-le-favolose-storie-degli-dei-pagani-londra-1757-2gj5fc6.jpg)