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Glycon: the snake god with a human face

Original: the snake with a mans face: glycon, alexander and the man who tried to kill a god with a book Somewhere around the 150s

Around 150 AD, a man named Alexander founded a new god at Abonoteichus on the Black Sea coast of Paphlagonia, in what is now northern Turkey. The deity, Glycon, was a snake with a human face, and its oracle drew worshippers across the Roman world. The satirist Lucian later tried to destroy the cult with a book exposing its tricks.

Why now: People are discussing the strange ancient story of a fake god and Lucian's attempt to debunk it with writing.

GlyconAlexander of AbonoteichusLucianAbonoteichusPaphlagonia

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• the snake with a mans face: glycon, alexander and the man who tried to kill a god with a book Somewhere around the 150s AD, on the Black Sea coast of Paphlagonia (north Turkey now), a little town called Abonoteichus got a god. Not one that evolved over centuries like everybody · KamiOKingPaimon · 11

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