| These amongst the Phoenicians were called the Cabeiri, or the powerful ones. |
| Roman antiquarians identified the Cabeiri with the three Capitoline deities or with the Penates. |
| He burnt the statues of the Cabeiri, which he found in another temple. |
| According to Damascius,1171 he was the eighth son of Sydyk, whence his name, and the chief of the Cabeiri. |
| The Cabeiri are often identified with the Great Gods of Samothrace, where the mysteries attracted great attention and initiation was looked upon as a general safeguard against misfortune. |
