goddess Bendis and her Thracian worshippers. Bendis: some preliminary remarks In the following I will discuss the introduction and organization of the official polis cult of Bendis in Attika [...] The worshippers of Bendis most likely belonged to this large group of metic status. There is some evidence on a thiasos of Bendis on Salamis and on slaves worshipping Bendis in the mining district [...] accepted in Athens. The rise of Bendis and the Bendideion So when do we first meet Bendis in Athenian sources and how is she portrayed? The first references to Bendis are the few surviving fragments

deity to arrive and settle down in an alien context. The main focus was on Athens (e.g. Asklepios, Bendis, Pan, etc.) and Rome (Castores, Aesculapius, Isis, etc.), since for these two cities the rich relevant