Brimo-Hecate was worshipped at Pherae in Thessaly and has connections with Orphic religion, in which Persephone was prominent.
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Within the grounds are a Roman Mosaic and the remains of a settlement including the Orphic Hall and a Roman Villa.
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In the ancient mediterranean world, the Cult of Dionysus and the Orphic mysteries used wine as part of their religious practices.
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The works of the Orphic artists simultaneously present a pure aesthetic pleasure, a construction to the senses and a sublime meaning.
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Persephone is further said to have become by Zeus the mother of Dionysus, Iacchus, or Zagreus, usually in orphic tradition.
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Initiates worshipped him in the Dionysian Mysteries, which were comparable to and linked with the Orphic Mysteries, and may have influenced Gnosticism.
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Attributes of Pluto mentioned in the " Orphic Hymn to Pluto " are his scepter, keys, throne, and horses.
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The syntax poses difficulties in attempts at translation, and there may be some Orphic doctrine, which may have impressed itself on Stoicism.
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Bendidia involved torchlight processions on horseback and revels under darkness, like those celebrated by other Thracian and Orphic deities like Sabazios and Dionysos.
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The Orphic Hymns are a set of pre-classical poetic compositions, attributed to Orpheus, himself the subject of a renowned myth.
