Dindymene

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Dindymene - great nature goddess of ancient Phrygia in Asia Minor; counterpart of Greek Rhea and Roman Ops

Cybele, Great Mother, Magna Mater, Mater Turrita

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The mother was Kubele or Dindymene or Zemelo in Asia Minor, Rhea in Crete; the son was Sabazios, Bakkos, Diounsis, or the Cretan "Zeus."

Ego maenas: maenadism, marriage, and the construction of female identity in Catullus 63 and 64

Great Mother of the Gods, Cybebealso called Cybele or Agdistis , Dindymene ,

Legends agree in locating the rise of the worship of the Great Mother in the general area of Phrygia in Asia Minor (now in west-central Turkey), and during classical times her cult center was at Pessinus, located on the slopes of Mount Dindymus, or Agdistis (hence her names Dindymene and Agdistis).