

Previously the oldest sanctuary and altar in Pergamon was a celebrated temple dedicated to Demeter in celebration of the on–going Eleusinian mysteries of the underworld including: death, renewal, and purification.Īncient Philae, temple site of black Isis (Ese) in Nubia, encompasses a rich and fascinating arch. In keeping with this transition, a predominant temple/altar was built at Pergamon to introduce the new androcentric sky god, Zeus. Galen benefited from extensive travel including Izmir, Crete, Alexandria, Cyprus and most significantly to Asklepieion at Kos to study Hippokrates and Hygeia’s medical discoveries including clinical medicine and diagnostic techniques.Īlthough Greece was considered the cultural and intellectual center of the Mediterranean, a significant transition occurred around 200 BCE when Anatolian Pergamon became a Roman Province. Apparently, he also integrated drama/theater into his healing therapies. During his years at Pergamon, he made significant healing and medical science contributions especially to the field of human anatomy along with copious texts based on his extensive empirical research. Galen, physician and philosopher, may well have been Pergamon’s most prestigious resident. more Pergamon was a renowned literary, drama, health, and medical research center with spas and a sanatorium that had a large following, including Galen.

Pergamon was a renowned literary, drama, health, and medical research center with spas and a sana. * Pre-Greek non-Indo-European Chthonic deities are also known as Cabeiri, Cabiri, or Kabiri and probably of Hittite, Thracian or Phrygian lineage?
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With this in mind, deities are generally understood to include the Great Mother Kybele – Cybele plus Demeter as well as Hecate Aphrodite (Zerynthia) and Nike.

Given the original pantheon was chthonic, it therefore predates the Greeks gods. (ETG: 22.) Although the names of the gods and goddesses at Samothrace are rather enigmatic, deities are generically referenced as Cabiric (chthonic). Samothrace the ancient home sanctuary of the Great Gods and Cabiric Mysteries that encompassed a unique pantheon. Its most compelling archaeological and ritual claims are: the Hieron Sanctuary of the Great Gods nexus of the mystery culture guarded and protected by the Kabeiroi (Cabiric) (ETG: 22) * and Winged Victory of Samothrace discovered by Charles Champoiseau in 1863 CE. more Samothrace is a small mountainous island located in the North Aegean Sea. Samothrace is a small mountainous island located in the North Aegean Sea.
