ID: 901000614 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000614	Record Type: Character/Person

	Cybele (Anatolian-Greco-Roman deity)

Note: Great Mother of the Gods, an ancient Anatolian and Greco-Roman deity, known by a variety of local names. Legends agree in locating the rise of the worship of the Great Mother in the general area of Phrygia in Asia Minor (now in west-central Turkey), and during classical times her cult centre was at Pessinus.

Names:

	Cybele (Anatolian-Greco-Roman deity) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	Cibele (Anatolian-Greco-Roman deity) (undetermined,U,N)
	Cybebe (Anatolian-Greco-Roman deity) (undetermined,U,N)
	Agdistis (Anatolian-Greco-Roman deity) (undetermined,U,N)
	Great Mother of the Gods (Anatolian-Greco-Roman deity) (b,English,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Ancient Near-Middle Eastern iconography> (P)
		........<Ancient Near-Middle Eastern characters> (P)
		............Cybele (Anatolian-Greco-Roman deity) (I)

Related Iconography:

	consort/spouse of .... Attis
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Ancient Near-Middle Eastern iconography, Ancient Near-Middle Eastern characters, Attis (Anatolian-Greco-Roman deity)) [901001933]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... deity
	.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	role/characteristic is .... mother goddess
	.....(goddesses, deities, people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Anatolian (culture or style)
	.....(Near Eastern (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Greco-Roman
	.....(Ancient Italian, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Cybele (Anatolian-Greco-Roman deity)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) no2017056567
	................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) in 92L28 attributes of Cybele
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	Cibele (Anatolian-Greco-Roman deity)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Cybebe (Anatolian-Greco-Roman deity)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	Agdistis (Anatolian-Greco-Roman deity)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	Great Mother of the Gods (Anatolian-Greco-Roman deity)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) no2017056567
	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Cybele," accessed 4 July 2017