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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

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

From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Dill, Samuel

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 Beck, L. Adams (Lily Adams)

The earliest invader from the East of the sober decorum of old Roman religion, and almost the last to succumb, was Magna Mater of Pessinus.

From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Dill, Samuel