Özet:

Denizli is a small mountain town located in the Hisar district of Sarayköy, at the border line of Attouda, Karia and Phrygia region in the Salbakos (Babadağ) mountain. The most important temple of the city, which is named Attouda because of the Phrygian Attis, is the main goddess (Kybele) cult, named Meter Adrastos. Archaeological data related to the city show that this cult has gained importance not only in Attouda, but also in the nearby settlements. In this study, the mimismic and sculptural findings in which Meter Adrastos was depicted examined the characteristics of the iconography of the cult statue created for the goddess, the qualities it gained and the sacred symbols. As a result, it has been determined that Meter Adrastos is a main iconography not only known in Attouda but also in the nearby cities, standing and facing, with long khiton and tower crown, depicted with the protective lions on both sides. In this cult, the goddess has gained the identity of the main goddess who manages the wild nature and the animals, which provides the prosperity of the earth, which guides the events related to the sky, which is responsible for protecting the city and its borders. The most important symbol in the culture is always the lions. The other images of the goddess have been determined to be used at the end of the Roman Empire period and to be rare. These paintings are often made on the throne or in the types sitting on the back of a lion, which are widely used for the paintings of the mother goddess. Another point we discussed in the study is the structure of the temple that comes to us on the nimismic works. The temple, depicted along with the goddess's cult statue, is planned with tetrastylos prostylos and has a Syrian-type castle. It is believed that the temple has shown an architectural development in the influence of the Aphrodisias workshop.

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