Greek treatise by Lucian of Samosata
On the Syrian Goddess (‹See Tfd›Greek: Περὶ τῆς Συρίης Θεοῦ; Latin: De Dea Syria) is a Greek treatise of the second century AD which describes religious cults practiced at the temple of Hierapolis Bambyce, now Manbij, in Syria. The work is written in a Herodotean style of Ionic Greek, and has been traditionally ascribed to the Syrian[1] essayist Lucian of Samosata.