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Metroon (metrôon) was the name given to a building dedicated to the mother goddess Cybele, Rhea, or Demeter in Ancient Greece. The Metroon in the Ancient Agora of Athens was originally used as the meeting chamber of the boule or city council. At the end of the 5th century BCE, when a new Bouleuterion was built, the building was dedicated to the mother goddess. The Metroon also housed the official archives of the city.
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Metroon (metrôon) was the name given to a building dedicated to the mother goddess, Κυβέλη, (Gaia/Rhea/Cybele) in Ancient Greece. The Metroon in the Ancient Agora of Athens was originally used as the meeting chamber of the boule or city council. At the end of the 5th century BCE, when a new Bouleuterion was built, the building was dedicated to the mother goddess. The Metroon also housed the official archives of the city.
  
  
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History suggests that the celebration of the Magna Mater is the oldest known religious cult in the world. From six thousand years we find Magna Mater known by various images and by various names, but in each situation, she is known for one common attribute: "The Mother of the Gods". She was known as Cybele in the region of the Aegean Sea, Damkina, Goddess of Fecundity to the Babylonians... fecundity referring to her 'marriage with the earth and sky'. Among the Euphrates she was called Koubaba, in Greece, Gaia or Gheea "Mother Earth". She was known as Terra, from the Latin 'Terra Mater', the Goddess of miners in the Eastern area of Europe. Egyptians called her Isis; in Akkadia her name was Ishtar.
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Magna Mater transcends world history: her mysteries and many presentations have inspired poets and artists, simple mortals or kings, with many kings dedicating her temples in great number. For many religions she is eternal, existing from the beginning of time, the bearer of the world and all life populating this planet (plants, animals and humans). The Romans identified this Goddess with the Greek Rhea, and gave her the name Magna Mater, the Great Mother.
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* '''Links of Interest:'''  '''[http://www.magnamaterproject.org/en/ancientworld.htm Magna Mater Project]'''<nowiki> | </nowiki>'''[http://inanna.virtualave.net/mother.html Shrine of the Magna Mater]'''<nowiki> | </nowiki>'''[http://www.aztriad.com/creatrix.html Images of the Magna Mater]'''
  
  
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* '''[[Sodalitas Graeciae (Nova Roma)/Annals|Annals of Sodalitas Graeciae]]'''
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* '''[[Sodalitas Graeciae (Nova Roma)/Annual Report 2759|Annual Report 2759 (2006)]]'''
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Metroon (metrôon) was the name given to a building dedicated to the mother goddess, Κυβέλη, (Gaia/Rhea/Cybele) in Ancient Greece. The Metroon in the Ancient Agora of Athens was originally used as the meeting chamber of the boule or city council. At the end of the 5th century BCE, when a new Bouleuterion was built, the building was dedicated to the mother goddess. The Metroon also housed the official archives of the city.


Dedication to Κυβέλη


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History suggests that the celebration of the Magna Mater is the oldest known religious cult in the world. From six thousand years we find Magna Mater known by various images and by various names, but in each situation, she is known for one common attribute: "The Mother of the Gods". She was known as Cybele in the region of the Aegean Sea, Damkina, Goddess of Fecundity to the Babylonians... fecundity referring to her 'marriage with the earth and sky'. Among the Euphrates she was called Koubaba, in Greece, Gaia or Gheea "Mother Earth". She was known as Terra, from the Latin 'Terra Mater', the Goddess of miners in the Eastern area of Europe. Egyptians called her Isis; in Akkadia her name was Ishtar.

Magna Mater transcends world history: her mysteries and many presentations have inspired poets and artists, simple mortals or kings, with many kings dedicating her temples in great number. For many religions she is eternal, existing from the beginning of time, the bearer of the world and all life populating this planet (plants, animals and humans). The Romans identified this Goddess with the Greek Rhea, and gave her the name Magna Mater, the Great Mother.



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