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Hermes Kriophoros had a
joint cult, the ram-bearers (kriophoroi)
joining in male
initiation rites. A
description by
Pausanias of a
Kriophoros dedicated...
- a ram. It
becomes an
epithet of Hermes:
Hermes Kriophoros. In two-dimensional art,
Hermes Kriophoros transformed into the
Christ carrying a lamb and...
- of
Hermes as a
shepherd god
carrying a lamb on his
shoulders (Hermes
kriophoros) have been
found throughout the
Mediterranean world, and it is possible...
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Terracotta figure of
Kriophoros wearing a
zoster (c. 650 BC)...
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depicting Jonah and the whale, the good
shepherd carrying a lamb (the
kriophoros motif), and
fishermen have
encouraged its
interpretation as a Christian...
- and
style indicate a date in the
early 6th
century BC,
around 570 BC.
Kriophoros statues of a man with a ram on his
shoulders in a
similar manner, are...
-
Hermes Kriophoros...
- gods. In
classical iconography, the god
Hermes was
sometimes shown as a
kriophoros, a handsome,
beardless youth bearing a ram or
sheep over his shoulders...
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Hermes Criophorus (Ancient Gr****: Ἑρμῆς Κριοφόρος, romanized: Hermês
Kriophóros, lit. 'Hermes
bearing a ram') is a
marble sculpture of the
second century...
-
portrait of the
historical Jesus at this period. It
continues the
classical Kriophoros ("ram-bearer" figure), and in some
cases may also
represent the Shepherd...
