Keywords: Leontocephaline-Ostia.jpg art Leontocephaline of the Mithraic mysteries This line drawing is of the figure found at the mithraeum of C Valerius Heracles and sons dedicated 190 AD at Ostia Antica Italy Vermaseren catalogue number CIMRM 312 The identity of the leontocephaline is not certain but it is almost certainly neoplatonic and is commonly assumed to be in some way related to Aion Franz Cumont TMMM I 1896 Bruxelles Lamartin p 238 1896 perhaps adopted from an earlier source Author PD-Art Leontocephaline Franz Cumont Files uploaded by Shakko from various sources Mithraism in Italy |