Enigmatic ‘Hand Of Sabazius’ Dedicated To Unwillingly Tolerated God

A. Sutherland  – AncientPages.com – The Thraco-Phrygian deity, known as Sabazius, has been frequently identified with Dionysus. He had a small yet persistent presence in the Roman Empire and Greece. Silver votive plaque with an image of Sabazios with snakes (find from Belintash, the Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria 6th-5th century BC. Image credit: Kmrakmra –  CC BY-SA […]