Jupiter Optimus Maximus D., highest divinity of Dolichē in Commagene, now Dülük near Gaziantep. The original temple on the Dülük Baba Tepe has not been excavated. However, the god's pose on the bull, his thunderbolt and his double axe suggest his descent from the Hittite storm-god Tesšub. In Rome he was venerated as conservator totius mundi, preserver of the universe (AE 1940, 76). The counterpart of Jupiter Optimus Maximus D. was named Juno Sancta/ Regina. Two other pairs occur, sun and moon, and the Dioscuri. There is no literary or archaeological…
Dolichenus(268 words)
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Gordon, Richard L. (Ilmmünster), “Dolichenus”, in: Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry. Consulted online on 19 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e322150>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510
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