He did not have a separate cult, but he was the personification of the holy magic-song sung by the magicians that was supposed to cure disease.

It is more probable that this art was introduced later from Anatolia and regenerated an existing oracular cult that was local to Delphi and dormant in several areas of Greece.

The inspiration oracular cult was probably introduced into Greece from Anatolia, which is the origin of Sibyl, and where existed some of the oldest oracular shrines.

Apollo's cult was already fully established when written sources commenced, about 650 BCE.

On the occasion of a pestilence in the 430s BCE, Apollo's first temple at Rome was established in the Flaminian fields, replacing an older cult site there known as the " Apollinare ".

The naked bodies of the statues are associated with the cult of the body that was essentially a religious activity.

Historically, her cult in Greece was imported from, or influenced by, the cult of Astarte in Phoenicia.

Kythira was a stopping place for trade and culture between Crete and the Peloponesus, so these stories may preserve traces of the migration of Aphrodite's cult from the Middle East to mainland Greece.

Lycurgus of Thrace, an antagonist of Dionysus, forbade the cult of Dionysus, whom he drove from Thrace, and was driven mad by the god.

Agrippina was named a priestess of the cult of the deified Claudius.

This was part of Ealdred's promotion of the cult of Saint John, who had only been canonized in 1037.

Its ancient cult of Aphrodite was the most important, after Paphos, in Cyprus, her homeland, though the ruins of Amathus are less well-preserved than neighboring Kourion.

At both Chalcis and Athens Plutarch tells us that there was an Amazoneum or shrine of Amazons that implied the presence of both tombs and cult.

According to Herodotus, when Anacharsis returned to the Scythians he was killed by his own brother for his Greek ways and especially for the impious attempt to sacrifice to the Mother Goddess Cybele, whose cult was unwelcome among the Scythians.

The 4-volume work was an imaginary travel journal, one of the first historical novels, which Klemperer called " the encyclopedia of the new cult of the antique " in the late 18th century.

Aeschylus was one of many Greeks who had been initiated into the Eleusinian Mysteries, a cult to Demeter based in his hometown of Eleusis.

Among the most exciting recent archaeological discoveries in Greece is the recognition that the sanctuary site near the modern village of Kalapodi is not only the site of the oracle of Apollon at Abai but that it was in constant use for cult practices from early Mycenaean times to the Roman period.

In 2000, a French court ruled that a government minister's description of anthroposophy as a cult was defamatory.

At Athens, the traveller Pausanias was informed in the second-century CE that the cult of Aphrodite Urania above the Kerameikos was so ancient that it had been established by Aegeus, whose sisters were barren, and he still childless himself.

However, the name Artemis ( variants Arktemis, Arktemisa ) is most likely related to Greek árktos ‘ bear ’ ( from PIE * h₂ŕ ̥ tḱos ), supported by the bear cult that the goddess had in Attica ( Brauronia ) and the Neolithic remains at the Arkouditessa, as well as the story about Callisto, which was originally about Artemis ( Arcadian epithet kallisto ).

Although the programme is aimed at children between the ages of one and four, it had a substantial cult following with older generations, mainly university and college students.

There was a great expansion of the cult of Mary after the Council of Ephesus in 431, when her status as Theotokos (" God-bearer ") was confirmed ; this had been a subject of some controversy until then, though mainly for reasons to do with arguments over the nature of Christ.

Although Nomi's work had not yet met with national commercial success at the time of his death, he garnered a cult following, mainly in New York and in France.

Phimai along with other Khmer-influenced temples in Thailand have been built mainly under the cause of the “ Deveraja cult ”, or in other words “ King that resembles as god ”.

Filmed in Argentina in 1971 on a budget of $ 30, 000, it depicted the actions of a Manson-esque murder cult, filmed mainly in silence due to the actors understanding very little English.

Although it has became a cult classic, mainly among college students, The Anna Nicole Show was never a solid ratings success.

What disturbed Goehr was mainly his perception that by the mid-fifties, serialism had become a cult of stylistic purity, modelling itself on the twelve-tone works of Anton Webern.

Though hard to define, the band's music appeals mainly to the goth, metal, neo-folk and industrial scenes, and has achieved a modest cult following within their respective subcultures.

Production of the car ended in December 1995, but the popularity of the car is still maintained by a cult of drivers, mainly as a used import.

Chicano Rap is mainly enjoyed by hip hop listeners in the United States ; and has also established a cult fan base following in Japan, although its main audience consists of Hispanics / Latinos living on the West Coast, the Southwest and the Midwest.

Beliefs of the ancient Armenians were associated with the worship of many cults, mainly the cult of ancestors, the worship of heavenly bodies ( the cult of the Sun, the Moon cult, the cult of Heaven ) and the worship of certain creatures ( lions, eagles, bulls ).

With the consolidation of " Presidencialismo " ( the political era following the Mexican Revolution ) and the success of electronic mass-media, the corrido lost its primacy as a mass communications form, becoming part of a folklorist cult on one branch, and on another, the voice of the new subversives: oppressed workers, drug growers or traffickers ; leftist activists, emigrated farmworkers ( mainly to the USA )...

" In 2005, J. Hoberman of the Village Voice stated that the film "... has long been a cult item -- in part because its talented 25-year-old director, Michael Reeves, died of a drug overdose before the film's release, but mainly because it is an extraordinarily bleak story of political evil ... Reeves shot on location and the movie has a robust autumnal quality perfectly matched by Price's overripe performance ... it remains contemporary, and even frightening, in its evocation of cynical Puritanism and mass deception.

Many offering and cult vessels were found on the floors, concentrated mainly around the " bamah " and in the storage alcoves of the temples.

They also rode the wave of the scandal which their lyrics inevitably provoked and soon the band had a cult following, mainly in Sofia and some other big cities of the country.

Kill !, Satana worked mainly with cult film director Ted V. Mikels in such films as The Astro-Zombies ( 1968 ), The Doll Squad ( 1974 ) and Mark of the Astro-Zombies ( 2002 ).

Beck continues to have mainly a devoted cult following, largely due to his irregular live appearances.

The cult schemes to create undead dragons, mainly the dracolich.

Although these albums weren't as commercially successful as Los Hermanos, they were acclaimed by critics and generated a strong cult following which propelled the band to be regarded as one of the defining alternative rock acts in Brazil, mainly because of their elaborate lyrics and their mixture of Brazilian rhythms with rock.

Gods In Polyester: A Survivors ' Account Of 70's Cinema Obscura is a cult film book covering mainly American obscure, low-budget, and independent film horror, sci-fi, exploitation film, Blaxploitation, Spaghetti Western, and action films that were created between 1970 and 1981.

In the years since its initial airing, Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park has achieved cult status, mainly among Kiss fans.