Encyclopaedia Britannica's reference entry on the Great Mother of the Gods, the Phrygian goddess Cybele and her reception into Greek and Roman religion as the Magna Mater.
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Assessment
Reliability Tier2
Encyclopaedia Britannica's entry on the Great Mother of the Gods is written and edited in-house without an academic peer review process, the middle tier reflecting a professionally fact checked general reference rather than a specialist classical religion source. NotesA general reference encyclopedia with editorial staff and a long institutional record, continuously revised rather than dated to a single print year. Reliable for the Phrygian cult's spread into Greece and its formal adoption at Rome in 204 BCE.
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AuthorThe Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
PublisherEncyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
URLhttps://www.britannica.com/topic/Great-Mother-of-the-Gods
Source Typereference
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This source names Cybele directly: "of the Gods, the Phrygian goddess Cybele and her reception into Greek and Roman religion as the Magna Mater."
This source names Phrygians directly: "Encyclopaedia Britannica's reference entry on the Great Mother of the Gods, the Phrygian goddess Cybele and her reception into Greek and Roman religion as the Magna Mater."
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- Articles, 10 claims: 6 well-attested, 2 connected, 2 general references.
- Sources, 9 claims: 7 well-attested, 2 holds.
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