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Baal, x, 22, 84, 114, 118, 123, 130, 248 n. 43; and Saturn, 21; different from Jehovah, 131; Mystics of, 41. Ba'al samin, 127, 131, 151, 256 nn. 69, 70; 264 nn. 25, 29. Baalat, 118, 123, 248 n. 43. Babylon, Astrology of, 151; Confession of sin in, 222 n. 31; Cosmology of, 220 n. 15; Influence of in Persia, 146; Influence of in Syria, 122; Judaism and, 123. See also "Chaldeans." Bacchus, 282 n. 12; and Attis, 69. Balmarcodes, 110. Baltis, 113. Bambyce, Lady of, 122. Baptism, Mithraic, 157; Taurobolium compared to, 70. Bardesanes of Edessa, 144. Beirut, 110f., 192. Bel, 32, 115, 123f.; Ahura Mazda and, 146. Bellona, 54. Beneventum, Iseum of, 233 n. 35. Berosus, 31, 163, 176. Bethels, 116. See also "Litholatry." Bidez, Joseph, 213 n. 1. Boethius, 211. Book of the Dead, 90. Borsippa, 122. Bronton, Zeus, 226 n. 24. Brotherhoods, 58. See also "Fraternity." Bryaxis, 76. Bubastis, 230 n. 9. Byzantium, 141; Astrology in, 170.

Cadiz, Isis of, 96. Caelestis, Jupiter, 128. Caelus, 128, 130, 175; Jupiter, 147. See also "Sky" and "Zeus Ouranios." Calendars, 173; Alexandrian, 84. Caligula, 55, 84, 198. Campus Martius, Iseum of, 233 n. 35. Cannophori, 56. Cappadocia, 112f. Caracalla, 84. Carneades, 166. Carnuntum, 150. {291} Carpentum of Cybele, 225 n. 20. Catacombs, 65, 226 n. 23. Catasterism, 173. Cato, 105. Catullus, 49. Chaeremon, 273 n. 24. Chaldean astrology, 199; cosmology, 133; oracles, 124, 202, 226 n. 29, 251 n. 55. Chaldeans, 105, 122, 124, 170, 187, 267 n. 39. Chalybes, 147. Chastity, 40. Cheremon, 87. China, 141. Chiron, 173. Christi, Militia, xxff. Christian liturgy, Pagan prayer in, 218 n. 17; monotheism, 134; theology and astrology, 260 n. 89. Christianity, and heliolatry, 288 n. 30; and paganism, xviff., 202ff., 288 n. 29; Hellenistic influence on, 214 n. 8; opposed to astrology, 167; opposed to science, 283 n. 17; Resemblance to, xxiii; Triumph of, xi, 19, 85. See also "Church." Christmas, xvii. Church, Fathers of the, xviii, 14; militant, xix. Cicero, 164. Claudius, 55. Cleanthes, Hymns of, 217 n. 17. Clothing of souls, 269 n. 54. Commagene, 112f., 139, 146f. Commodus, 39, 149. Common origin of ideas, xviii. Communions in Phrygia, 69. Communities of initiates, Rise of, 27. Community and family, 69. Comte, 206. Confession of sin, 40; in Babylonia, 222 n. 31. Conscience, Influence of Oriental religions on, 28, 35ff., 43. Constantine, 246 n. 40, 288 n. 30. Continence, 157. Cosmology, Babylonian, 220 n. 15; Chaldean, 133. Coulanges, Fustel de, 99. Crete, 147. Critodemus, 170. Crucifix, Devotion to, 109. Cybele, 22, 47ff., 197; and Anahita, 227 n. 32; and Mithra cults combined, 65; Mystics of, 41. Cyprian, St., 282 n. 9.

Dacia, 112, 113. Dadophori, 97. Dagon, 117. Damascenus, Jupiter, 111. Dante, 180, 276 n. 49. Dea Syria, 14, 104. Death, Life after, 99, 223 n. 38; Spirit released by, 43. See also "Immortality." Decalogue, Mithraic, 155. Deinvictiaci, 233 n. 41. Delos, Atargatis in, 105, 107; Attis in, 61; Isis in, 80. Demeter and Isis, 76, 89. Demetrius of Phalerum, 75. Democritus, 189. Demonology, 210, 267 n. 39; Persian, 152ff., 284 n. 19. Demons, 138, 266 n. 37, 280 n. 76. Dendrophori, 56f. Deterioration of races, 25, 219 n. 6. Devotio, 27. Dies sanguinis, 56, 70. Diffusion, Agents of, 24. Diis angelis, 266 n. 38. Diocletian, 142, 150; and Augustus, 3; Court of, 141. Diodochi, 137. Diodorus of Sicily, 52, 240 n. 91; of Tarsus, 275 n. 47. Diogenes Laertius, 255 n. 66. Dionysus and Osiris, 76; and Sabazius, 48. See also "Sabazius." Dioscuri, 128, 173. Discipline, Persian, 155. Dispersion of the Jews, 138, 189. Distinctions abolished, 28. {292} Doliche, 113, 147. Dolichenus, Jupiter, 25, 113, 116, 148, 249 n. 47. Domitian, 38, 84, 85. Domus aeterna, 240 n. 91. See also "Heaven" and "Souls." Druidism, 20. Dualism, Persian, xxi, 142, 151, 159, 199, 210. Dusares, 111.

Easter, xviii, 70. Egypt, 73ff., 112f.; Astrology in, 251 n. 56; Magi in, 139; Magic in, 279 n. 69. Egyptian mysteries, Ethics of, 90. Elagabal, 114, 116. Elementa, 206. Elephantine, 256 n. 69. Elysian Fields, 126. See also "Souls." Emesa, 112; Baal of, 114. Emotion in Oriental religions, 30, 34. Emperors, Worship of, 22. End of the world, 138, 209. See also "Eschatology." England, Inscription in, 112, 132. Epicureans, 203. Epicurus, 90. Epona, 25. Erasmus, 204. Eros, Harpocrates and, 90. Eryx, Mount, 118. Eschatology, 199. See also "Immortality." Eshmoun, AEsculapius and, 21. Ethics of Egyptian mysteries, 90; of Mithraism, 199; Persian, 154. See also "Morality." Eugene, 282 n. 9. Evil principle deified, 152. Expiatio, 40.

Faith, Reason and, 169, 194; Union of science and, 32, 34. Farnell, xiii. Fatalism, 179ff., 276 n. 54; of Tiberius, 164. Fautori imperii sui, 150. Feasts, 44, 48; Liturgic, 64; Sacred, 59, 68, 151, 208; Fish at sacred, 246 n. 37. Fetichism, 51, 127, 131, 210. Firdusi, 160. Fire, Sacred, 137; Universe to be destroyed by, 177, 210. Firmicus Maternus, 15, 181, 204, 205, 282 n. 7, 286 n. 23. Fish, 117, 245 n. 36, 246 n. 37; Sacred, 40. Flagellations, 40, 56, 104, 222 n. 31. Flavians, 140. Formulas as sources, 11, 216 n. 14. Foucart, 48, 76. Fraternity, 156. See "Brotherhoods." Frazer, xiii. Future life, Notions of, 37, 39, 43; retribution in Egypt, 92. See also "Death" and "Immortality."

Galatia, Magi in, 139. Galerius, 136, 141, 150. Galli, 50, 52, 70, 106, 208, 222 n. 31. Gallipoli, 237 n. 77. Gaul, Cybele in, 57; Influence of Orient in, 9, 216 n. 12; Syrians in, 108f. Gayomart, 227 n. 32. Germany, 112. Gnosis, 33. Gnostic hymns, 217 n. 14; sects, 233 n. 41. Gnosticism, 196. God, Pagan conceptions of, 207, 284 n. 19. Goethe on the Brocken, 274 n. 41. Gontrand, 108. Good Friday, 71, 228 n. 42. Great Mother, ix, x, xviii, 30, 46ff., 148, 197, 201, 205f. Greece, Cybele in, 57; Isis in, 77, 80, 230 n. 8. Greek influence in Alexandria, 75f.; philosophy, Dualism in, 152; religion, 30, 31, 33. {293} Gregory of Tours, 108. Gruppe, xiii.

Hadad, 107, 111, 121, 242 n. 10; and Jupiter, 123; Etymology of, 133. Hadrian, 86, 119. Hammurabi and Marduk, 220 n. 14. Hannibal, 46. Hagioi, 121, 249 n. 47. Harpist, Song of the, 241 n. 91. Harpocrates, 77; and Eros, 90. Hauran, 8. Heaven a city, 284 n. 19; a court, 207. See also "Elysian Fields." Hecate, 282 n. 12. Heliogabalus, 114, 120. Heliognostae, 233 n. 41. Heliolatry and Christianity, 288 n. 30. Heliopolis, 123. Heliopolitanus, Jupiter, 111, 249 n. 47. Hellenistic influence on Christianity, 214 n. 8. Henotheism in Syria, 133. Hera, 282 n. 11; and Isis, 89; sancta, 249 n. 47. Hermes, 226 n. 23; Psychopompos, 59. Hermes Trismegistus, 32, 85, 202, 234 n. 46. Hermetism, 88, 234 n. 53, 250 n. 49; Influence of, 233 n. 41. Herodotus, 96, 147. Hierapolis, 123. High places, Worship of, 116. Hilaria, 57. Hinduism, 210. Hipparchus, 275 n. 42. Homer, 202. Honor, 156. Horus, 98. Hostanes, 184, 189, 193, 267 n. 39, 284 n. 19. Hymn to Isis, 76, 230 n. 6; as sources, 11, 217 n. 14; of Synesius, 260 n. 89. Hymnodes, 97. Hypsistos, xxi, 62, 128, 227 n. 30, 252 n. 59, 255 n. 66. See also "Most High." Hystaspes, 189.

Iamblichus, 87. Iao, 63. Iasura, 104. Ichthus symbolism, 117. Idolatry, Death of, 85; in Syria, 133; of Hinduism, 210. Idols, Consecration of, 278 n. 61, Toilet of, 96. Ignatius, St., 217 n. 17. Immorality of Astarte, 118; of legends, 203. Immortality, 39, 42f., 59, 68, 145, 209, 238 n. 82; in Egypt, 99; in Persia, 159; Semitic ideas on, 125. Industry, Influence of Oriental, 9. Initiates, Rise of communities of, 27; Syrian, 120. Initiation, 100. Intelligence, Influence of Oriental religions on, 28, 31ff., 43. Intelligent light (sun), 133. Inventio of Osiris, 98. Invicti, 130. Io and Isis, 89. Ishtar and Anahita, 146. Isis, x, xvii, 22, 55, 73ff., 206; and Io, 89; and Venus, 90; Hymns to, 217 n. 14; Influence of, 86; Mysteries of, 87, 198; Mystics of, xx; Worshipers of, 41. Italy, Syrians in, 106f. Ituraea, 112.

Jehovah, x, 257 n. 72; Baal different from, 131. Jerome, 108. Jewish colonies in Phrygia, 62. Jews, 189, 196; in Asia Minor, 64; Monotheism of, 122. Judaism, 252 n. 59; and Babylon, 123; Influence of, 63; Influence of Parseeism on, 138. {294} Julia Domna, 113, 251 n. 57; Maesa, 113; Mammea, 113. Julian, 70, 154, 156, 201, 213 n. 4, 285 n. 23; the Chaldean, 279 n. 66; the Theurge, 279 n. 66, n. 68. Juno, 205. Jupiter Caelestis, 128; Caelus, 147; Damascenus, 111; Dolichenus, 25, 113, 116, 148; Hadad and, 123; Heliopolitanus, 111; Protector, 147. See also "Zeus." Juvenal, 13, 23, 37, 41, 78, 90, 92.

Kiss of welcome, 137. Kizil-Bash peasants, 47.

Labeo, Cornelius, 6, 255 n. 64. Labranda, 147. Lactantius Placidus, 143, 204. Lagides, 75, 79; Financial system of the, 4. Lammens, 262 n. 12. Lang, xiii. Law in Rome and the Orient, 5. Lebanon, 122. Licinius, 150. Life after death, 99, 223 n. 38. See also "Immortality." Lightning, God of, 127. Lion, 224 n. 2. Literature as source, 13; Astrology in, 164; in Persia, 138; Influence of Roman, 20; Influence of Oriental, 7. Litholatry, 116, 119, 244 n. 29. Liturgic repasts, 64. Liturgy, 130, 198; Magic in, 278 n. 61; Mithraic, 217 n. 15; of Abydos, 97; Pagan prayer in Christian, 218 n. 17; Persian, 151; Roman, 29. Lucian, 13, 14, 34, 104, 115, 119, 122, 201. Lucian's De dea Syria, Authenticity of, 218 n. 19. Lucius of Patras, 105. Lucretius, 223 n. 39. Lustrations, 39. Lydia, Magi in, 139. Lydus, Johannes, 55. Lyons, 216 n. 12.

Ma, 48, 53, 228 n. 34. McCormack, Thomas J., v. Macrobius, 204, 208, 287 n. 25. Magi, 138; Theology of the, 268 n. 39. Magic, Astrology and, 32, 182ff.; Bibliography of, 277 n. 58; in Persia, 139; Religion and, 93; religious, 185. Magna Mater, 46ff. See also "Great Mother." Magousaioi, 144, 146. Maiuma, 110. Malaga, Syrians in, 108. Malakbel, 113, 249 n. 47. Maleciabrudus, 242 n. 10. Manetho, 32, 75, 193. Manicheism, 123, 142, 220 n. 15, 232 n. 26, 244 n. 29. Manilius, 168, 178. Marduk, Hammurabi and, 220 n. 14. Marius, 106. Marna, 110. Mar'olam, 130. Mars, 173. Matter, Spirit imprisoned in, 43. Mauretania, 112. Maximus of Madaura, 207. Maximus of Turin, 204, 282 n. 8, 283 n. 14, 284 n. 19. Mazdaism, 136; in Asia Minor, 145. Megalenses, Ludi, 47, 52. Melkarth, 243 n. 21. Memory, Lake of, 239 n. 89. Men, 62. Menotyrannus, Attis, 61. Merchants, Influence of, on diffusion, 24, 79, 105. Mercury, 173; Simios and, 123. Merovingians, 108. Metragyrtes, 51. Michel, Charles, xxv, 213 n. 1. Militia Christi, xxff. Militia, Sacred, xx, 27. Militias, Religious, 213 n. 6. {295} Minucius Felix, 84. Mithra, x, 22, 84, 142ff.; and Apollo, 155; and Attis, 69; and Cybele cults combined, 65; and Shamash, 146; Mysteries of, 33, 126, 140, 269 n. 54; Mystics of, 41; Purity of, 157. Mithradates Eupator, 135, 144; Toxicology of, 280 n. 73. Mithraism, Advantages of, 159; Ethics of, 199; not Zoroastrianism, 150. Mithreum near Trapezus, 262 n. 16. Mohammedans, Magic of the, 278 n. 65. Monotheism, 288 n. 30; Christian, 134; in Syria, 133; Parseeism closest to, 150. Morality, in the Oriental mysteries, xxii, 44; in Egyptian religion, 81; in Roman religion, 35; Laxity of, 42; of paganism, 209; unrewarded, 37. See also "Ethics." Mosaic Law, xxi. Most-High, 134, 145. See also "Hypsistos." Mutilations, 40. Mysteries, Alexandrian, 88, 99, 240 n. 91; Charm of, 29; Egyptian, 237 n. 77; Egyptian, Theology of, 90; Hellenic, 214 n. 8, 221 n. 23; in Syria, 120; of all the Oriental religions, 205; of Isis, 87, 142, 258 n. 79, of Mithra, 33, 126, 140, 142, 199, 269 n. 54, 286 n. 23; Oriental, xxii, 44; Phrygian, 51. Mystic rites, 39f., 51. Mythology, Roman, 35.

Nama Sebesio, 16. Names, Barbarian, 279 n. 69; Theophorous, 148. Naples, Syrians in, 108. Narses, 136. Natalis Invicti, xvii, 228 n. 42. Nature worship, 206. Navigium Isidis, 97. Nechepso, 163. Nectanebos, 86. Neo-Platonism, ix, xxiv, 34, 45, 70, 124, 152, 188, 201, 244 n. 29, 279 n. 66. Neo-Pythagoreanism, 152. Nephtis, 230 n. 9. Nero, 87, 106; initiated by Tiridates, 263 n. 16. Nicocreon, 79. Nietzsche, 177. Nigidius Figulus, 164. Nile, 205. Nimes, 216 n. 12; Isis in, 83. Noeldeke, 258 n. 80; on authenticity of De dea Syria, 218 n. 19. Numidia, 113.

Olympus a republic, 284 n. 19; Sacrifices on, 143. Omnipotens et omniparens, 129. Omnipotentes, 63, 226 n. 30. Orchoe, 122. Organism, Universe an, 207. Orient, Law in the, 5f. Menace of, 2ff.; Triumph of, 26. Ormuzd, 152, 190, 199. Ornatrices, 94, 96. Orpheus, 101, 202. Orphic hymns, 217 n. 14. Osiris, 237 n. 77; and Attis, 69; Deceased identified with, 99; the judge, 90f.; Inventio of, 98; Serapis and, 74ff. Ostia, Syrians in, 108. Otho and Vitellius, 164.

Pagan theology and Christianity, 288 n. 29. Paganism, Chaotic condition of, vii; Education in, 283 n. 17; Essence of, 131; Latin, 197; Morality of, 209; Semitic, 116; Syrian, 121. Palmyra, 112f., 115, 123f., 252 n. 59. Pan and Attis, 69. Pannonia, 112; Syrians in, 108. Pantheism, 33; Solar, 134. {296} Pantheos, 70. Papas. See "Attis." Paphos, Conical stone at, 116. Parseeism closest to monotheism, 150; Influence of, on Judaism, 138. Pastophori, 94. Penance, 40f.; in Syria, 249 n. 46. Pergamum, 47ff. Perseus and Andromeda, 173. Persia, 135ff.; Magic of, 189. Pessinus, 47ff.; 148, 197. Petilia, 239 n. 89. Petosiris the priest, 163. Phallophories of Abydos, 78. Philo of Alexandria, 230 n. 11. Philo of Biblos, 115, 122. Philosophers, 201. Philosophy, 33. Phoenicia, 122. Phrygia, 46ff.; Magi in, 139; Penance in, 40. Pigeon, 117. Pilgrimages, 46. Pine, Sacred, 56f. Piraeus, Attis in, 61. Plagiarism, 11. Plants, Sacred, in Egypt, 78. Plato, 265 n. 34. Platonists, 14. Pliny, 279 n. 69. Plutarch, 14, 75, 87, 90, 142, 152, 190. Pluto, chief of demons, 266 n. 37. Polemicists as source, 15. Pompeii, Frescoes of, 235 n. 58; Iseum at, 81. Pompey, 143. Porphyry, 93, 95, 152. Posidonius of Apamea, 164. Pozzuoli, 111; Serapeum of, 81; Syrians in, 108. Praetextatus, 208, 211; Catacombs of, 65, 226 n. 23; Epitaph of, 286 n. 23; Wife of, 282 n. 13. Priesthood, 41; in Egypt, 94; Oriental 32. Proclus, 228 n. 41. Prophetes, 94. Prudentius, 66, 204, 282 n. 5. Psychological crisis, 27. Ptolemy, 164, 170, 182. Ptolemy Euergetes, 79. Ptolemy Soter, 74, 79. Purification, 64; in Mazdaism, 156. Purity, 209; Conception of, 234 n. 49, 249 n. 46; in Egyptian ritual, 91; in Syria, 121; of Mithra, 157. Pyrethes, 144. Pythoness, 106.

Querolus, 287 n. 25.

Rameses II, 86. Ramsay, 225 n. 7. Rationalism of Greece, 31. Reason and faith, 169, 194. Refrigerium, 102. Reinach, xiii. Religion, and magic, 93; Roman, 28. Religions, Invasion of the barbarian, 10, 19, 22; Parliament of, xiii. Renan, x, 1, 160. Repasts. See "Feasts." Responsibility, Collective, 36. Resurrection, 138. Reward and punishment, 37, 92, 154. Rhodes, Attis in, 61. Rites, Mystic, 39f., 51. Ritual, Egyptian, 93; Pharaonic, 236 n. 70. Ritualistic ablutions, 208. Roman liturgy, 29; mythology, 35; religion, 28. Rome, Isis in, 83; Private law of, 5. Rufinus, 85.

Sabaoth, 63. Sabaziasts, xxi, 226 n. 23. Sabazius, 22, 59, 64f. Dionysus and, 48. See also "Dionysus." Sabbatists, xxi. Sabians, 250 n. 49. Sacerdotal character of Oriental civilizations, 31. {297} Sacrifice, Human, 119. Sagittarius, 173. Salvation, xxiii, 33, 40, 43. Sanctuary, Right of, 250 n. 49. Sanctus, (Mithra), 157. Sassanides, 135, 140; Court of the, 141. Satan, Ahriman and, 153, 266 n. 36. Saturn, 172; Baal and, 21. Saviour, 223 n. 36. Scaevola, 6, 35. Science, 43; and faith, 32, 34; and the priesthood, 32; Christians opposed to, 283 n. 17; Magic a, 183f. Sciences, Astrology queen of, 162. Scipio Nasica, 47. Scopas, 76. Seleucides, 62, 121, 128, 138. Seleucus, 256 n. 67; Callinicus, 79. Semele and Isis, 89. Semitic paganism, 116; religions, Diffusion of the, 111ff. Seneca, 217 n. 17. Senses, Influence of Oriental religions on, 28ff., 43. Septizonia, 164. Serapis, x, 22, 73ff., 126; chief of demons, 266 n. 37. Serpent sacred to AEsculapius, 173. Set, 98. Severi, 140, 167, 196. Severus of Antioch, 233 n. 33. Sextus Empiricus, 167. Shamash and Mithra, 146. Showerman, xiv, 225 n. 15. Sibylline oracles, 233 n. 34. Sibyls, 46. Sicily, Slave revolution in, 105. Sidereal immortality, 254 n. 64, worship, 133, 251 n. 57, 254 n. 64. See also "Stars." Signa Memphitica, 233 n. 35. Simios and Mercury, 123. Sky, 208. See "Caelus." Slave revolution in Sicily, 105. Sol invictus, 114, 146, 205; sanctissimus, 249 n. 47. Soldiers of fate, xx; Faith of Syrian, 112; Persian cult spread by, 149. Souls, Abode of, in the stars, 125, 159, 269 n. 54, 287 n. 25; Abode of, in the earth, 159; Clothing of, 269 n. 54. Sources, 11ff. Spear, Sacred, 67. Species, Variation of, 25. Spencer, Herbert, 222 n. 34. Spirit imprisoned in matter, 43. Spring of water, 239 n. 90. Stars, 129; Deified, 199; Soul in the, 125, 159, 269 n. 54, 287 n. 25. Steer, the author of creation, 68. Stoics, 14, 148, 167, 171, 177, 180, 214 n. 6; Philosophy of, xx. Stolistes, 94, 96, 97. Stones, Worship of, 116. See also "Litholatry." Strabo, 32, 122, 145, 247 n. 41. Strategus, God a, 214 n. 6. Sulla, 54, 81. Sun, Supreme, 133. See also "Sol invictus." Superstition, 36, 277 n. 58. Supplicium, The term, 219 n. 9. Symmachus, xxiv, 204, 211. Sympathy, 171, 194. Synesius, Hymns of, 260 n. 89. Syria, Isis in, 79. Syrian goddess, 14, 104. Syrians in Italy, 106f.

Tabu, 120, 157. Taurobolium, xviii, 66, 198, 206, 208; compared to baptism, 70. Tetrabiblos, 170, 182, 271 n. 5. Thasos, Attis in, 61. Thaumaturgus, 188. Thebes, Sepulchers of, 99. Themistius, 200. Theodore of Mopsuestia, 153. Theology, 33; and astrology, 175, 260 n. 89; of the Egyptian mysteries, 90; of the magi, 268 n. 39. {298} Theophilus, 85; Miniature of, 232 n. 32. Theophorous names, 148. Thessaly, Witches of, 186. Thoth, 32, 94, 237 n. 77. Thunder-god, 256 n. 67. Tiberius, 39, 180; Fatalism of, 164; persecutes priests of Isis, 83. Time, 35; Deified, 150, 273 n. 36. Timotheus the Eumolpid, 51, 75, 99, 229 n. 4. Tin road, 216 n. 12. Tiridates, Nero initiated by, 263 n. 16. Toilet of the idol, 96. Tonsure, 235 n. 58. Totem, 48. Trapezus, Mithreum near, 262 n. 16. Trees, Sacred, 48, 56, 78, 116. Triads, 250 n. 55. Trinity, Egyptian, 77; Syrian, 123. Tyche, 179; and Isis, 89. Tylor, xiii. Tyrannos, 61.

Universal church, 211. Universe, 207.

Valens, 200; Vettius, 168, 171. Varro, 38, 202. Vedanta, 210. Venus, 173; Atargatis and, 123; Isis and, 90. Viminacium, 267 n. 38. Vincentius, Grave of, 65. Vitellius, Otho and, 164. Voguee, de, 8. Vohumano, 145.

Water, Spring of, 239 n. 90; Worship of, 116. Wissowa, xiii.

Xenophanes, 203.

Yahveh Zebaoth, 64. See also "Jehovah." Yazatas, 145, 148, 152.

Zachariah the Scholastic, 283 n. 17, 233 n. 33, 281 n. 81. Zeno, 176. Zenobia, 252 n. 59. Zervan Akarana, 150. Zeus Ammon, 230 n. 9; Bronton, 226 n. 24; Keraunios, 256 n. 67; Oromasdes, 147; Ouranios, 128; Stratios, 265 n. 29. See also "Jupiter." Zoolatry, 119. See also "Animals." Zoroaster, 138, 145, 184, 189, 193, 269 n. 54, 277 n. 57, 279 n. 70; Votaries of, 160. Zoroastrianism, Mithraism not, 150. Zosimus, 277 n. 57.

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