... in Hellenistic and Roman Egypt: the first two sections focus on a petition revealing the dissemination of the cult of the Dea Syria, the famous decree of Ptolemy Philopator on the Orphestelestai, and one of the most important specimens of Orphica, P. Gurôb 1. The more extensive...

...Hierapolis and Doliche were cities in ancient northern Syria and eminent religious centers. Doliche was the home of Jupiter Dolichenus, who became very prominent in the Roman imperial period, while Hierapolis was famous for the sanctuary of the great goddess of Syria, Atargatis/Dea Syria...