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Cybele was a personification of the Mother Goddess, often shown as a tamer of wild beasts, with whom the shepherd Attis fell in love. Her cult was particularly popular in Asia Minor. Her priests, the Galli, celebrated her festivals with drums, flutes and cymbals, working themselves up into a frenzy of self-mutilation, imitating Attis before commemorating his eventual resurrection. Cybele was also the mother of Midas by the King of Phrygia, Gordius.
Cf. L. Budde and R. V. Nicholls, A Catalogue of Greek and Roman Sculpture, The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 1964, pp. 23-24, pl. 11, nos. 45-46 for similar with literature related to the cult of Cybele. Also, The Statue of Cybele in the J. Paul Getty Museum, 1968; and for other related examples see Amsterdam Allard Pierson Museum no. 3986, Athens Agora Museum no. 1080 and Paris Louvre no. 2444.
Cf. L. Budde and R. V. Nicholls, A Catalogue of Greek and Roman Sculpture, The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 1964, pp. 23-24, pl. 11, nos. 45-46 for similar with literature related to the cult of Cybele. Also, The Statue of Cybele in the J. Paul Getty Museum, 1968; and for other related examples see Amsterdam Allard Pierson Museum no. 3986, Athens Agora Museum no. 1080 and Paris Louvre no. 2444.