Although focused on the Roman Mithraism, this book is actually an analysis of the symbolic language of the material monuments of the Roman period — the so-called Mithra reliefs, Sabazios’ hands, reliefs of Dionysus and of the Thracian Horseman. The reliefs and sculpture compositions shown use the same symbolic language.
The compositions are also thematically synonymous — generally, they are an expression of religious piety and homage to the ritual religion of the Sun in its three hypostases: Zagreus, Dionysus, Sabazios.
