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Sabazius (Deity, Concept)

Canonical URI: http://nomisma.org/id/sabazius

Preferred Label: Sabazius (en), Sabazios (fr), Sabacio (es), Sabazio (it), Sabazios (de), Σαβάζιος (el)Additional labels
Сабазий (bg), Sabazi (ca), Sabazios (cs), Sabazio (eo), سابازیوس (fa), סבאזיוס (he), Սաբասիոս (hy), サバジオス (ja), 사바지오스 (ko), Сабазиј (mk), Sabazios (nb), Sabazios (nl), Sabazjos (pl), Sabázio (pt), Sabazios (ro), Сабазий (ru), Сабазије (sr), Sabazios (sv), Sabazius (tl), Sabazios (tr), Сабазій (uk), 萨巴兹乌斯 (zh)
Alternate Label: Sabazios (en)

en: Sabazios is the horseman and sky father god of the Phrygians and Thracians. Though the Greeks interpreted Phrygian Sabazios as both Zeus and Dionysus, representations of him, even into Roman times, show him always on horseback, wielding his characteristic staff of power.