Erriapus (deity)
Erriapus (also Eriapus) was a tutelary deity worshipped in southern Gaul.
Several inscriptions to the god are known. There was an important cult site to him at Saint-Béat (Haute-Garonne).[1]
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.[2]
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).[2]
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Labrousse, Michel (1948). "Un sanctuaire rupestre gallo-romain dans les pyrénées". Revue Archéologique. 31/32: 481–521. JSTOR 41028715.
