Mithras
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Mithras
< Latin < Greek Míthrās < Old Persian Mithra
Example Sentences
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Mithras was a Persian sun god worshiped by the Medes, but in the second century BCE, Greeks in Hellenistic cities came to believe Mithras would lead them, too, to eternal life.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
It was built over a fourth-century church that itself sat atop a temple to the Roman god Mithras.
From The New Yorker • Sep. 12, 2016
The wine god’s local cult had installed itself in the 2nd-century Temple of Mithras, less than a mile away, when the soldiers’ god fell out of fashion.
From Washington Post • Jun. 9, 2016
Welsh archaeologist Prof WF Grimes discovered a Roman temple devoted to god of light Mithras.
From BBC • Oct. 4, 2015
It was a total guess, but the altar showed Mithras killing a bull, so Annabeth figured it must be important.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
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