Kriophoros

Painted terracotta cult image of the Kriophoros from Thebes in Boeotia, c. 450 BCE (Musée du Louvre)

In ancient Greek religion, kriophoros (Greek: κριοφόρος) or criophorus, the "ram-bearer," is a figure of Hermes that commemorates the solemn sacrifice of a ram; thus, one of the god's epithets is Hermes Kriophoros.


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