Erriapus (also Eriapus) was a tutelary deity worshipped in southern Gaul.
One image is known of him, a stone altar of the 2nd century CE found in Saint-Béat on which he is identified as D(eo) Erriape. In this image, he is depicted naked and with a club. His iconography shows the influence of the Roman god Silvanus.
Several inscriptions to the god are known. There was an important cult site to him at Saint-Béat (Haute-Garonne).
He is the protective deity of either the Montagne d'Arrie in Saint-Béat (as Daniel Nony and Michel Labrousse suggest) or a local spring (as Carole Billod suggests).
References
- ^ Billod, Carole (1988). "Erriapus". Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae. Vol. IV. pp. 12–13.
- Nony, Daniel (1981). "Le Dieu Eriapus Dévoilé". Zeitschrift Für Papyrologie Und Epigraphik. 43: 243–248. JSTOR 20186136.
Further reading
- Labrousse, Michel (1948). "Un sanctuaire rupestre gallo-romain dans les pyrénées". Revue Archéologique. 31/32: 481–521. JSTOR 41028715.
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