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THE ITALIAN CONNECTION: AN ASPECT OF THE CULT OF MEN BY EUGENE N. LANE Columbia, Mo. U.S.A In 1937, C. W. M. Cox and A. Cameron published the following inscription, 1) discovered at Avdan, near Eski§ehir (ancient Dory- laeum), Turkey: Myvi They cornment: "The god's title is surprising. The known geo- graphical titles of Men are not derived from outside Asia Minor." As far as I know, no scholarly attempt has been made to elucidate this inscription. The present article will be an attempt to show that the unusual epithet for Men is not an isolated phenomenon, but fits into a consistent pattern within the known evidence concerning this cult. I. One of the most widespread epithets borne by the moon-god Men is Askaenos. It is recorded on coins of Sardis, 2) and on inscrip- tions from many sites in Caria, Phrygia, and Pisidia, 3) being the epithet with which Men was regularly worshipped at the great cult- center of Pisidian Antioch. Two inscriptions of Antioch, 4) both ir1 1) Monunienta Asiae Minoris Antiqua, V, no. 150. Reprinted E. N. Lane Corpus Monumentorum Religionis Dei Menis (CMRDM), I, Leiden 1971, no. 93. 2) CMRDM, II, Leiden, 1974, Sardis
Numen – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 1975
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