| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - The same purpose is manifest in the treatment of the cult of Cybele: native Romans were forbidden to join her priesthood, and the priests were restricted, except on certain days of the year, to their own precincts.73 It was not until the time of Claudius that the Magna Mater was restored to full honor.74 In view of this state policy, we can well understand that Orphic rites, if introduced into the
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