Attis Definition

Attis Sentence Examples

• His worship was closely connected with that of the great mother Cybele and of Attis.

• The taurobolium in the 2nd and 3rd centuries was usually performed as a measure for the welfare of the Emperor, Empire, or community, its date frequently being the 24th of March, the Dies Sanguinis of the annual festival of the Great Mother and Attis.

• The taurobolium was probably a sacred drama symbolizing the relations of the Mother and Attis (q.v.).

• The descent of the priest into the sacrificial foss symbolized the death of Attis, the withering of the vegetation of Mother Earth; his bath of blood and emergence the restoration of Attis, the rebirth of vegetation.

• A bath of bulls' blood was much in vogue as a baptism in the mysteries of Attis.