Mithraeum
Americannoun
PLURAL
Mithraea, MithraeumsEtymology
Origin of Mithraeum
1875–80; < New Latin < Greek Mithraîon, equivalent to Míthr ( ās ) Mithras + -aion suffix of place
Example Sentences
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One notable exception requires a 40-minute drive south of Rome into the Alban Hills: The Marino Mithraeum, discovered in 2005, features a stunningly intact wall painting of the bonneted, spangled, pink-tights-clad man-god enacting the bull-stabbing scene.
From New York Times
The site was identified as a Mithraeum when in the last hours of the excavation the carved head of a handsome young god was found.
From The Guardian
The Mithraeum incorporates a new daylit art gallery at ground level with an opening installation, Another View from Nowhen, by the Dublin artist Isabel Nolan.
From The Guardian
The museum has a wonderful sculpture dug up from the Mithraeum — a post-party Bacchus and Pan, drunk off their immortal butts, propped up between a satyr and a maenad.
From Washington Post
The London Mithraeum exhibition will open at the site in autumn 2017.
From BBC
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