pn Ostensible source/founder of
Mithraism, the "mysteries" of the Roman
Mysteriae Mithrae ("Mysteries of
Mithras", "Mithraic Mysteries"), an astrology-centric, middle-platonic
mystery cult of the 1st-4th century Roman Empire whose adherents worshiped in "caves" (i.e.
Mithraeum|Mithraea) in imitation of "Zoroaster". (Porphyry,
De Antro Nympharum 6)