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Magna Mater

[mahg-nuh mah-ter] / ˈmɑg nə ˈmɑ tɛr /


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Lombard imagines Claudia Quinta’s rescue of the ship carrying Magna Mater to Rome.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

It eventually became the Catskills Phrygianum of the Maetreum of Cybele Magna Mater, their global headquarters and convent house.

From New York Times ● Feb. 10, 2011

Years afterward, when he was at work on his famous painting of her three daughters, Walpole begged him to pose them "as the three Graces, adorning a bust of the Duchess as the Magna Mater."

From The Ladies A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty by L. Adams (Lily Adams) Beck

It was, doubtless, in some such way as this that a stone came to be identified with the Magna Mater of Pessinus.

From Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV by Morris Jastrow

But Magna Mater, however originally unworthy, shared in the victory.

From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Samuel Dill


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