Theometor

Theometor ({{langx|grc|Θεομήτωρ}}), meaning "mother of a god", is an epithet who was used for different characters in history.{{cite book |author= Kordula Schnegg|date= 2002|title= Commerce and Monetary Systems in the Ancient World: Means of Transmission and Cultural Interaction|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=GNYAd5SE_44C|publisher= Franz Steiner Verlag|page= 367|isbn= 978-3-515-08379-9}}

Ancient Greece and Rome

  • Hera at Samos had this epithet{{Cite web |last=Gariboldi |first=Andrea |date=2004 |title=ROYAL IDEOLOGICAL PATTERNS BETWEEN SELEUCID AND PARTHIAN COINS: THE CASE OF Theopator |url=http://www.melammu-project.eu/pdf/gariboldi2004a.pdf |website=Melammu Project}}
  • Agrippina the Younger had this epithet on coins as she was the mother of Nero

Christianity

In Christian literature is used for Mary, mother of Jesus, especially in the Eastern Christianity.{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Theotokos |encyclopedia=Claremont Coptic Encyclopedia |url=https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/cce/id/1845/}}

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