Francisco Valdez Mendoza
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Cybele. Mythological daughter of heaven and Earth, wife of Cronos, mother of the gods, solicitor of civilization and protector of cities. Identified with Rhea, Goddess of the Earth. Is represented with a Crown of towers, in a chariot towed by two lions where their Korybantes ( 41 priests; with horns ( 41 musical horns; and cymbals, are causing great noise. In the year 204 BC, during the Second Punic War, motivated by the announcement of a cryptic Oracle that Cybele may deter Hannibal, was Rome a stone of his tabernacle of Pessinus, in Galatia, Turkey, and was establishing in a temple. The Roman State adopted her cult, which constituted a formidable obstacle to the spread of Christianity. ( Information taken from the "great encyclopedia of the world". Bilbao, Spain )
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