Ludi Megalenses 2761 AUC (Nova Roma)/MM Certamen

1. When Cybele was worshipped in Phrygia, she was depicted as a seated woman, flanked by what?

2. As a small child, the Magna Mater was put out into the wilderness to die, but instead of killing her, who nurtured her and helped her grow up into an intelligent, beautiful and headstrong woman?

3. What type of musical instruments did the Magna Mater invent?

4. Who did Cybele fall in love with and what happened to both of them?

5. Who led the cult of the Magna Mater?

6. What were the names of the two major fraternities that most of the worshippers of the Magna Mater organized into?

7. What language was the liturgy of the cult of the Magna Mater in?

8. What geographic features were sacred to the Magna Mater, and where her temples were often built near?

9. What sacred structure is built on top of the original temple of the Magna Mater in Rome?

10. What names were used by the Arabians for the Magna Mater?

11. What did the major festival to the Magna Mater on March 25th represent?

12. What were the ceremonial events that the Cannophori carried out on the March 25th Festival?

13. How was each temple to the Magna Mater organized in relation to the other temples?

14. What were the four (4) priestly ranks in the Magna Mater Temple, from highest to lowest status?

15. How were new initiates of the cult inducted into the priesthood?

16. What was the name used by the Greeks to represent the Magna Mater?

17. What was the name used by the Babylonians to represent the Magna Mater?

18. What was the name used by the Sumerians to represent the Magna Mater?

19. What types of offerings were especially reserved for the Magna Mater?

20. When and why was it decided that the Magna Mater had to come to Rome?

21. Who headed the delegation sent to negotiate the transport of the Goddess to Rome, where did they go, who did they see, and why did they go?

22. Besides Rome, what countries were the MM temples primarily located in?

23. What was the name used by the Egyptians to represent the Magna Mater?

24. What was the name used by the Latins to represent the Magna Mater?

25. What was the name used by the Akkadians to represent the Magna Mater?

26. When was the Magna Mater born?

27. Who dedicated the first temple to the Magna Mater in Rome, and where was it dedicated?

28. When was the first temple to the Magna Mater in Rome dedicated?

29. Who started the construction on the first temple to house the black stone of the Magna Mater on the Palatine Hill?

30. How long did the construction on the temple take?