Theandrios
| Theandrios, Theandrites | |
|---|---|
| Mount | Mount Hermon |
| Roman equivalent | Dionysius |
| Part of the myth series on |
| Religions of the ancient Near East |
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| Pre-Islamic Arabian deities |
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In Greek religion and mythology, Theandrios (Greek: Θεάνδριος, "God-Man") or Theandrates (Θεανδράτης) is a deity that was worshipped in towns and villages around Mount Hermon by North Arabian tribes of pre-Islamic Arabia.[1] Theandrios is evidenced by a dedication to a male god found at Beit Rime, Syria and it is supposed that the Greek name was imposed on a previous god of the region.[2] He has been considered the Arabian version of similar "God-man" deities such as Dionysius, Herakles, Mithras, Krishna and Jesus.[3][4]
See also
- Temples of Mount Hermon
- Theanthropos, a Christian title for Jesus pertaining to the hypostatic union.
References
- ↑ Jason Moralee (18 May 2004). For Salvation's Sake: Provincial Loyalty, Personal Religion, and Epigraphic Production in the Roman and Late Antique Near East. Psychology Press. pp. 34–. ISBN 978-0-415-96778-5. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
- ↑ Ted Kaizer (2008). The Variety of Local Religious Life in the Near East In the Hellenistic and Roman Periods. BRILL. pp. 87–. ISBN 978-90-04-16735-3. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
- ↑ John M. Robertson (1 April 2004). A Short History of Christianity. Kessinger Publishing. pp. 24–. ISBN 978-0-7661-8909-6. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
- ↑ Sarah Klitenic Wear; John M. Dillon (30 September 2007). Dionysius the Areopagite and the Neoplatonist Tradition: Despoiling the Hellenes. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. pp. 6–. ISBN 978-0-7546-0385-6. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
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