Cautopates

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Cautopates is one of the two torch-bearers who flank Mithras in the tauroctony. He is dressed like Mithras and carries a torch pointing down. Sometimes Cautes and Cautopates carry shepherds' crooks instead of torches.

When

First attested: 100 BCE
Attested period: -100 – 500
Historical notes: Worshiped in the Roman Empire from the 1st to 4th centuries CE.

Relationships

allied with: Mithra
sibling of: Cautes
co occurs with: Sol, Luna, Oceanus, Saturn, Victoria

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Mentioned by

Sol
Luna
Oceanus
Saturn
Victoria

Sources

wikipedia (1)

Mithraism

Source passages

“In some depictions, Cautes and Cautopates are also present; sometimes they are depicted as shepherds.”
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