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Preliminary material -- SUMMARY OF THE SOURCES -- THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND EPIGRAPHIC SOURCES -- THE LITERARY SOURCES -- THE GODDESS -- THE WORSHIPPERS -- THE PRO