After Life in Roman Paganism

Part 19

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Burial necessary, 64 ss., 197; refused, 65, 143, 145 s.; _cf._ “_Insepulti_”

Byzantines, 132, 146

Caesar (Julius), 8, 51, 104

Calendar, 102

California, 148

Caligula, 67, 131

Callimachus, 17

Cameo of Paris, 156

Cancer and Capricorn, 153

Carducci, 115

Carneades, 6

Castor and Pollux, 104, 113, 205; _cf._ “Dioscuri”

Castor of Rhodes, 22, 97

Catacombs, 202, 206

Catasterism, 104, 113; _cf._ “Stars”

Cato of Utica, 26, 144

Catullus, 17

Celsus, 88

Celts, see “Druids,” “Gaul”

_Cena novemdialis_, 53

Cenotaph, 65; _cf._ 48

Cerberus, 10, 83, 87

Chaldaic oracles, 38, 103

Chaldeans, 28, 35, 37 s., 95, 100 ss., 107 s., 160, 208 s.; _cf._ “Babylonia”

Chariot of the sun, 102, 113, 156 s.

Charon, 85, 149, 174; Charon’s boat, 10, 25, 66, 75, 80, 155

Children sacrificed, 135; games in other life, 138 s.; unbaptised, 198; _cf._ “Untimely death,” “Apotheosis”

Christians, pagan customs of, 52, 55 s., 119, 145 s., 200; beliefs, 68 s., 90, 92, 108, 140 s., 143, 153, 187, 196 ss.; _biothanati_, 146

Chrysippus, 13

Church, see “Christians”

Cicero, 19, 26 s., 31 ss., 44, 83, 104 s., 111, 113, 135, 152, 161, 165

Circe, 74, 180

_Circumpotatio_, 55

Claudius, 152, 179

Cleanthes, 13

Cocytus, 78

Colleges (funeral), 67, 143

Comet, 104; _cf._ “Star”

Commodianus, 146

Como, 192

Conflagration of the world, 12 ss.

Consus, 71

Contemplation of stars, 209; _cf._ “Sight of God”

Copernicus, 28, 109

Corinthians (Epistle to), 11, 106

Cornutus, 14

Corpse (life of), 45, 164; _cf._ “Body”

Corstopitum, 156

Crescent (symbol), 93, 97, 99

Crown of life, 117

Curse-tablets, see “_Defixiones_”

Cybele, 35 ss., 39

Cynics, 65

Cyprus, 135

Danaïdes, 85, 87, 171, 181

Dante, 43, 109, 174, 187

Dead; food of, 50; partake of banquets, 54 s.; communicate with living, 58 s.; feared, 47; malevolent, 63 s.; tutelary spirits, 60 s.; keep character of living, 73; received by shades or not, 68, 86, 193; physical character of, 165 ss.; _cf._ “Ghosts,” “Soul,” “Spirits”

Death, sleep, 10, 45, 192; not to be feared, 7 ss., 19; second d., 110; untimely d., 128 ss.; represented as a monster, 117

_Defixiones_, 63, 68, 134

Deification, 34, 111 s.; _cf._ “Apotheosis”

Demetrius of Tarsus, 186

Democritus, 5, 7

Demons, 26, 29, 60, 62, 80, 86 s., 88 s., 133, 136, 145, 154, 162, 172, 175

Destiny, see “Fatalism”

_Devotio_, 63

_Di animales_, 149

Dido, 59

Didyma, 99

Dio Cassius, 62

Dionysos (mysteries), 35, 120, 123, 201 s., 211; _cf._ “Bacchus”

Dioscuri, 156; _cf._ “Castor”

Dolphins, 180

Domitian, 103

Druids, 23, 94, 178

Druses, 178

Dualism, 24, 89, 117, 188

Eagle carries souls, 102, 113, 157 ss.

Earth (Mother), 36, 86; _cf._ “Cybele,” “Moon”

Eclecticism, 21, 27

Ecstasy, 42, 121, 126, 196

Egypt, 48 s., 54, 86, 112, 134, 157, 173, 177 s.; Egyptian religion, 45, 76, 79, 94, 113, 122 s., 148, 153, 167, 175, 202, 207, 213; in Rome, 36 ss.

Elements purify the soul, 25, 81, 119, 185 ss., 196, 201

Eleusis, 34, 138; _cf._ “Mysteries”

Elijah, 156

Elysian fields, 34, 73, 76, 79, 84, 120, 138 s., 151, 165, 171 ss., 184, 193 s.; in the moon, 25, 81 s., 97; about the moon, 98; among the stars, 104, 187; represented, 74; _cf._ “Hades”

Emperors, divinity of, 112 s.; _cf._ “Apotheosis” not subject to fate, 117; _cf._ “Kings”

Ennius, 21, 79, 165

Enoch, 108, 198

Epictetus, 12, 14

Epicurus, 7 ss., 20; Epicureans, 65, 77, 110, 195, 204, 210

Epinomis, 208

Epiphanies of gods, 121, 123

Epoptism, 121; _cf._ “Sight of god”

Erinyes, 26, 75, 78, 173 ss., 181 s.; _cf._ “Furies”

Eros, 138

Esdras, 198

Eternal house (tomb), 3, 48; eternal rest, 196, 199; eternal pains, 76, 88, 172; eternal banquet, see “Banquet”

Etruscans, 5, 53 s., 63, 71, 74 s., 117, 149 s., 155, 174, 178

Eusebius of Alexandria, 92

Evil eye, 154

Evil, Spirit of, see “Spirit”

Executed criminals, 145; _cf._ “_Biothanati_”

Fatalism, 117, 133 s., 136, 179, 183

Fates, 84, 134, 138

_Fatum_, 133

Faustina, 156

Fire, stoic, 12 ss.; heavenly, 28, 185; _cf._ “Stars;” of hell, 175 s.; purifies, 119, 176, 185 ss.; _cf._ “Pyriphlegeton”

Fish, sacred, 121

Food of the dead, 50 s., 56

Fortunate islands, see “Islands”

Freer collection, 154

Funeral cult, 47 ss.; funeral banquet, see “Banquet,” “Sculpture”

Galileo, 109

Ganymede, 159

Garden of tombs, 57, 200

Gates, of Hades, 70, 80; of heaven, 153, 162 s.

Gaul, 23; _cf._ “Druids”

Gello, 134

_Genii_, 60, 142

Germanicus, 156

Ghosts, 4, 7, 62 s., 67 s., 83, 91, 130 s., 134, 165, 197

Gladiators, 51, 136

Gnosis (sacred lore), 23, 111, 114, 121 ss., 125, 207 ss.

Goat Star, 105

Gobryes, 79

God immanent, 30; _cf._ “World;” transcendent, 41; identification with g., 34, 107 s.; _cf._ “Soul;” sight of God, 121, 207; visible gods (stars), 31, 104, 108; _cf._ “Epiphanies;” sage, god on earth, 14, 111 s.; evil god, 133; god eaten in mysteries, 120

Greek beliefs, 5, 61, 69, 72 ss., 79, 87, 95, 102, 105, 113, 115, 117, 146 s., 155, 157, 174, 177; mysteries, 34 s.; _cf._ “Dionysos,” “Eleusis;” funeral cult, 53 s., 56

Guide of souls, see “Psychopomp”

Hadad, 205

Hades, Greek, 4 s., 72, 134, 148, 170; stoic, 14; Pythagorean, 26, 78, 81, 181; Neo-Platonic, 41, 88; mysteries, 37; descent into H., 148 ss., 171; on earth, 78, 181 s.; in the air, 168; _cf._ “Atmosphere;” between sun and moon, 103; _cf._ “Gate,” “_Inferi_,” “Tartarus,” “Nether world”

Hadrian, 104, 157

Hanged, 143; rope amulet, 136

Harmony of spheres, 25, 101, 115, 212

Heavens, three, 106; eight, 106 s.; _cf._ “Immortality,” “Planets”

Hecate, 92, 134

Heliodorus of Emesa, 68, 86

Helios, 123, 130; _cf._ “Sun”

Hell dragon, 154; _cf._ “Hades”

Hemispheres opposed, 80 s.

Hercules, 104, 113, 123, 144, 167, 205; at crossroads, 150, 194

Hermes, 180; soul-guide, 25, 85, 105, 138, 163; (Thot), 122

Hermes Trismegistus, 38, 114, 121, 180, 186

Herodotus, 177

Heroes, 113 ss., 140, 142, 149, 167, 204 s.

Hesiod, 150

_Hic requiescit_, 191, 197

Hierapolis, 159

Hipparchus, 96

Honey, 52, 119 s.

Horace, 12, 130, 142, 205

Horse carries souls, 155 s.

Hostanes, 136

Hypsistos (Most High), 41, 104, 108, 130

Icaromenippus, 106

_Imago_, 166

Immortality, earthly, 19 s.; celestial, 25 ss., 29, 32, 37, 91 ss., 138; lunar, 96 ss.; _cf._ “Moon;” solar, 100 ss.; _cf._ “Sun;” stellar, 103 ss.; _cf._ “Stars;” conception of i., 110; privilege of divinity, 111; i. of the few, see “Heroes”

Incineration, 46

India, 54, 93, 95, 177

Infants (death of), 128 ss.

_Inferi_, 4, 25, 71, 78, 81, 86, 166, 195; _cf._ “Hades,” “Nether world”

_Innupti_, 137

_Insepulti_, 25, 64 ss., 145; rejected by shades, 68, 86, 193

Intoxication, 126, 205, 211 s.; _cf._ “Wine”

_Invicti_ (stars), 117

Ion of Chios, 95

Irish wake, 55

Isis, 36 s., 121, 123, 154

Islands of the Blessed, 25, 80 s., 96, 155; of impious, 175

Ixion, 84 s., 171

Jacob’s ladder, 154

Jamblichus, 40, 103, 169, 184, 207

Jews, 35, 89, 108, 135, 142, 197 ss., 206; _cf._ “Philo”

John Climacus, 154

Josephus, 142

Journey to Hades, 148 ss.; to heaven, 152 ss.

Judaism, see “Jews”

Judgment of the dead, 76, 88, 151, 172 s.

Julian the Apostate, 9, 42, 98, 157, 161, 164, 205

Julius Caesar, see “Caesar”

Jupiter, 106; _summus exsuperantissimus_, 108; star, 107, 187

Katoptromanteia, 166, n. 62

Kings immortal, 112; anointing of k., 119; _cf._ “Emperors”

Kiss (last), 59

Lactantius, 153

Ladder, 153 ss.

_Larvae_, 63

_Lemures_, 4, 60, 72, 131; _Lemuria_, 63, 71

Lesbos, 134

Lethe, 76, 184, 201

Libations on tombs, 50 ss., 204

_Libri Acheruntici_, 149

Lion, 187

Liternum, 47

Livia, wife of Drusus, 135

Lucan, 103

Lucian of Samosata, 8, 23, 39, 49, 54, 62, 67, 75, 97, 106, 175, 201

Lucretius, 7, 45 s., 138, 210

_Lunula_, 97

Lustrations, 118

Lysimachus, 65

Maccabees, 142

Macrobius, 132 s.

Magi, 79, 95

Magic, 22, 26, 52, 67, 118, 119, 124, 130 s., 133 ss., 143, 154, 158, 163, 166; magic papyri, 86, 134 ss.; _cf._ “Necromancy”

_Manalis lapis_, 71

Manes, 4, 18, 32, 47, 54, 60 ss., 72, 86, 93, passim

Manicheans, 93, 103, 154, 178

Manilius, 31, 112, 133

Marcellus, 156

Marcus Aurelius, 14, 39

Mars, 123; star, 107, 131, 141, 187

Marseilles, 163

Martyrs, 143, 145

Maximus of Tyre, 61

Mazdeans, 89, 95, 175, 188; _cf._ “Persia”

Meals, see “Banquets”

_Melikraton_, 52

_Memoriae aeternae_, 19

Memory, Lake of, 148

Menander, 141

Mercury (star), 107, 187; _cf._ “Hermes”

Metempsychosis, 26, 41 s., 74, 78, 82 s., 172, 177 ss.; in beasts, 179 s., 183; in plants, 179; punishment, 180

Miletus, 105

Milk, 52

Milky Way, 94, 104, 152 s.

Minos, 75, 85

Mirrors in magic, 166

Mithras, 37 s., 89, 103, 106, 154, 156, 164, 178; _cf._ 163

Mojave Indians, 148

Money (in mouth of dead), 84

Monsters, see “Death”, “Souls”

Monteleone (chariot), 155, n. 23

Moon, 28, 29, 86; new moon, 91; m. and resurrection, 91 s.; abode of souls, 25 s., 93 s., 96 s., 186, 195; dissolves souls, 168; limit of heaven, 25, 98 s.; Olympic earth, 97; _cf._ 187; rules physical life, 102, 107; _cf._ “Boat”

Mother of gods, 35 ss.

Mourning, 47, 51

Muses, 101, 115, 210

Music, 24, 132; _cf._ “Harmony of spheres”

Mussulman, 142

Mysteries, Greek, 34 s., 138; _cf._ “Dionysos,” “Eleusis;” oriental, 33 ss., 96, 116 ss., 138, 160; m. and philosophy, 38, 124 ss.; transformed, 38 s., 82; children initiated, 138

Mysticism, astral, 30, 126, 208 ss.; Neo-Platonic, 42, 125

Naiads, 139

Necromancy, 53, 62, 66, 68, 190

Nectabis, 136

_Nekyia_, 82

Nemesis, 130

Neo-Platonists, 40, 87 s., 106, 110, 124, 144, 163, 169, 196

Neo-Pythagoreans, see “Pythagoreans”

Nereids, 139

Nero, 103, 131

Nether world, 70 ss.; imitation of city, 75, 172 s.; lower hemisphere, 79; in the air, 81; _cf._ “Atmosphere;” scepticism about n.w., 18, 83 s.; faith in n.w. preserved, 36 s.; _cf._ “Hades,” “_Inferi_”

New York (Museum), 155, n. 23

Nigidius Figulus, 22, 32, 97

_Non nutriti_, 137

Nosaïris, 178

_Nous_, 103, 168, 213

Numa, 21

Number (Pythagorean), 132

Numenius, 107

Nymphs, 140

Octavius, 51

Oenoanda, 9

Oil, 119

Olympus, 80, 88, 104 s., 157, 163, 195; Olympic earth, 97; _cf._ 187

Omophagy, 120

Orcus, 83; _cf._ “Hades”

Oriental mysteries, 33 ss.; _cf._ “Mysteries;” Or. religions, 117, 203, 209

Origen, 108 s., 140, 154, 188

Orphism, 5, 21, 34 s., 73 s., 77, 138, 148 s., 171 s., 174, 177 ss., 187 s., 193, 201

Oscilla, 143

Osiris, 35, 113, 116, 122 s., 202 s.; _cf._ “Serapis”

_Os resectum_, 65; _ossa quiescant_, 191

Ovid, 22, 73, 104

Pains of hell, 170 ss.; _cf._ “Fire,” “Eternal”

Paintings, 93; _cf._ catacombs, 202, 206

Palingenesis, 13, 182 ss.

Panaetius, 13, 27 s.

Panamu (king), 205

Pannonia, 186

Papyri, 157; _cf._ “Magic”

Paradise, 200, 205

Parcae, 84

_Parentalia_, 63, 71

Pascal, 2, 30

Pausanias, 95

Pegasus, 156

Pericles, 1

Periktione, 78

Peripatetic school, 6, 77; _cf._ “Aristotle”

Persia, 54, 89, 95 s., 107, 156, 175, 177; _cf._ “Mazdeans,” “Mithras”

Pessimism, 24, 39, 41

Petelia tablet, 148

Peter, apocalypse of, 173

Petosiris, 132

Petronius, 49, 135

Phantoms, see “Ghosts”

Pharaohs, 113, 123; _cf._ “Egypt”

Philadelphia, 151

Philip of Opus, 208

Philo the Jew, 31, 140, 154

Philosophy, 5 ss.; and mysteries, 38, 121; philosophers immortal, 114, 124; priests of the world, 125; wonder-workers, 114; _cf._ “Epicureans,” “Neo-Platonists,” “Pythagoreans,” “Stoics”

Phoebus, 157; _cf._ “Sun”

Phosphorus, 159

Phrygian cult, 35 s.; _cf._ “Sabazios”

Pindar, 73

Pirithous, 171

Planets, 28, 168, 179, 209; planetary spheres, 103, 106 ss., 154, 187

Plato, 6, 7, 18, 23, 26, 28, 32, 39, 42, 66, 77, 87 ss., 95, 99, 107, 129, 136, 158, 169, 178, 182 ss., 188; Plato’s cavern, 23, 99; _Phaedo_, 49, 79, 144, 152, 163; _cf._ “Axiochos,” “Neo-Platonists”

Plautus, 5

Pliny the Elder, 8, 83, 92, 96; the Younger, 67

Plotinus, 23, 40 ss., 61, 125, 144, 212 s.

Plutarch, 39, 83, 87, 129, 173, 186

Pluto, 75, 84 s.; _cf._ “Hades”

Pneuma, see “Πνεῦμα”

Polybius, 5

Pontiffs, 65; _cf._ 44

Porch, see “Stoics”

Porphyry, 40, 42, 87, 120, 125, 144, 184

Posidonius of Apamea, 27 ss., 32, 39, 43, 82, 98, 124, 136, 161, 184

_Praesens numen_, 112

Praetextatus (catacombs), 202

Prayer (silent), 24, 122, 126

Priests immortal, 114; anointed, 119; _cf._ “Philosophers”

Proclus, 87 s., 169

Prodicus, 150

Propertius, 47

Proserpina, 25, 75, 95, 97

Psyche, 25, 59

Psychopomp, 94, 163; _cf._ “Hermes,” “Sun”

Ptolemies, 123; _cf._ “Alexandria”

Ptolemy’s system, 28, 43, 109; astrology, 132; epigram, 211

Punic cults, 93; _cf._ 59; _cf._ “Africa”

Purgatory, 26, 82, 161 s., 185 ss.

Purification of the soul, 118; _cf._ “Purgatory”, “Lustrations”

Pyre, 49, 159

Pyriphlegethon, 15, 76, 78, 81, 175, 185

Pythagoras, 20 ss., 97

Pythagoreans, 20 ss., 27, 32, 35, 38 ss., 59, 66, 68, 74, 77 s., 81, 95 s., 99 s., 104, 107, 121, 124, 129, 132 ss., 136 s., 144, 149 ss., 160, 167, 171, 177 ss., 181, 188, 194

_Quies aeterna_, 191

_Quietae sedes_, 195

Ra, 94, 113, 154

Rays of the sun, 160; _cf._ “Sun”

Reason rises to the sun, 103, 168; _cf._ “Nous”

_Refrigerium_, 202

Reincarnation, 26, 29; _cf._ “Metempsychosis”

Repast, see “Banquet”

Repose of the dead, 190 ss.; in the Elysian Fields, 193 s.; in heaven, 195 ss.

Rest, see “Repose,” “_Quies_”

Resurrection of the flesh, 197

Retaliation, 173

Retribution, 72, 172 ss., 177 ss.; _cf._ “Judgment”

Revelation, 207; _cf._ “Gnosis”

Rhadamanthus, 75

Rhine, 154

Right and left, 152

Rites not needed, 125 ss.

Roads (two), 150 ss.; _cf._ “Milky Way”

Rosalia, 53; _cf._ 57

Royal souls, 114; _cf._ “Kings”

Sabazios, 35, 202, 204

Sacrifices for the dead, 50 ss.

Sage, god on earth, 14, 111 ss.

Sallust, 8

Salvation in mysteries, 34 ss.

Samos, 1

_Sanctus_, 111

San Francisco (museum), 183

Sarcophagi, 74, 85, 115, 149, 155; _cf._ “Sculpture”

Saturn, 107, 131, 141, 187

Satyrs, 138

Scarbantia, 186

Scepticism, 17 ss., 28, 31

Science deifies, 208 ss.; _cf._ “Gnosis”

Scipio’s tomb, 47; Scipio’s dream, 32, 104

Sculpture (funeral), 85, 86, 117, 149, 151, 155 ss., 159, 165, 185 s., 194, 201, 205; _cf._ “Paintings,” “Sarcophagi”

Sea (death at), 129

Seals, 163

_Securi_ (dead), 55, 191; _secura quies_, 194

Selene, 96 s.; _cf._ “Moon”

Semites, 48, 79, 93 s., 103, 123; _cf._ “Syrians”

Sendjerli, 204

Seneca, 8, 14, 22, 31, 83, 152, 179, 196

Serapis, 36 s., 39, 122 s., 202; _cf._ “Osiris”

Servius, 60, passim

Sextus Empiricus, 161

Shade, 165 ss.; and soul, 79; shades receive or reject dead, 68, 86, n. 39, 134, 193, 204; _cf._ “Εἴδωλον,” “Umbra”

_Shahîd_, 142

_Sheol_, 4

Ship, see “Boat”

_Sideribus recepti_, 113

Sight of god, 121, 207; _cf._ “Gnosis”

_Silicernium_, 53

_Simulacrum_, 166 s.; _cf._ “Εἴδωλον”

Sisiphus, 78, 84, 170, 181

_Sit tibi terra levis_, 46

Sleep of death, 10, 45, 49, 192

Smyrna, 140

Socrates, 131

Solar attraction, 160; _cf._ “Rays,” “Sun”

Soldiers slain in battle, 142

_Somno aeterno_, 192

Soul a breath, 4, 7, 59, 164; burning breath, 13 s., 24, 29, 87, 98, 161; number, 24; circular, 98; a bird, 59, 93, 157 s.; not immaterial, 118, 162; physical nature, 164 ss.; principle of movement, 110; soul and shade, 79; _cf._ “Εἴδωλον;” pollution, 29, 118, 162, 185; division, 168; related to God, 12, 111; union with God, 42, 122 s.; becomes star, 92 s.; journey, 148 ss.; triple ascension, 106; passage through planets, 107; garments of s., 106 ss.; hierarchy of souls, 108 s., 213; how represented, 165, 167; _cf._ “Ghost,” “Shade,” “Spirit,” “Stars”

Spirit of Evil, 89, 175; _cf._ “Ahriman”

Spirits of the dead, 46 s., 56 s.; of murdered, 130; _cf._ “Soul”

Stars and souls, 92 s., 94, 103 ss.; shooting s., 92; _invicti_, 117; _cf._ “Comet”

Statius, 103

Stele, see “Sculpture”

Stoics, 12 ss., 21, 30 s., 33, 39, 46, 65, 77, 82, 87, 96, 98 s., 103, 113, 144, 179, 182, 195

Styx, 25, 75 s., 78, 80 s., 83 s., 134, 155, 193

Sublunary world, see “World”

Suetonius, 86, 130

Suicide, 143 ss.

Sun-god, 24, 86, 130; _cf._ “Helios,” “Phoebus,” “Ra;” and emperors, 157; and eagle, 158; psychopomp, 164; star, 28, 100 s.; new sun, 91; heart of the world, 100; reason of the world, 101, 107; sun and souls, 94, 156 ss.; _cf._ “Boat,” “Chariot”

_Suo die_, 133

Syncretism, see “Eclecticism”

Syria, 28, 40, 52, 73, 86, 92, 112, 131, 156 ss., 176, n. 11, 204 ss.; Syrian cults, 37, 93, 96, 120 s.

_Taciti_ (Manes), 165

Tacitus, 18

Tages, 149

Tantalus, 9, 78, 84 s., 170, 181

Tartarus, 26, 27, 34, 75 s., 77, 79 s., 84 s., 171 ss., 175 s., 188; _cf._ “Hades”

Taurobolium, 119

Tertullian, 55

Theodore the Atheist, 65

Theophanes, 146

Theseus, 171

Tiberius, 86

Tibullus, 191

Timaeus of Locri, 78

Tiresias, 74

Titans, 178

Titus, 142

Tityus, 9, 170, 181

Tivoli, 183

Tomb, a dwelling, 3, 46 ss., 56; furniture, 49 s., 72; garden, 57, 200; placed on roads, 58; antechamber of nether world, 70; tombstone, see “Sculpture,” “Sarcophagi”

Torre San Severo (sarcophagus), 74

Trajan, 157

Transmigration, see “Metempsychosis”

Tritons, 186

Ulysses, 74, 180

_Umbra_, 79, 166 s.

Unburied, 64; _cf._ “_Insepulti_”

Unctions, 119, 163

Untimely death, 128 ss., 136 ss.

Varro, 31

Vatinius, 22

Vegetarianism, 179

Vehicle of souls, 61, 169

Venus—star, 94, 107; goddess, 104, 123, 187

Violation of tombs, 67 s.

Virgil, 31, 59, 66, 73, 82 s., 128 s., 139, 142, 152, 172, 174, 182, 184, 186, 210

Warriors, see “Soldiers”

Washing, see “Ablutions”

Water, heavenly, 185; libation of w., 51; _cf._ 202; purification by w., see “Elements,” “Lustration”

Winds, 25, 60, 155, 161, 166, 185

Wine, 35, 52, 120, 203 ss., 211

Wizards, see “Magic”

World—system of, 28, 99 s., 121; divine, 12, 29 s., 126; sublunary world, 99, 107, 117, 168, 195; _cf._ “Moon”

Y symbol, 26, 150 s., 194

Yezidis, 178

Zagreus, 138

Zeno, 195

Zeus, 112, 123; _cf._ “Jupiter”

GREEK WORDS

Ἄγαμοι, 137

Ἁγιάζω, 123

Ἁγνεία, 24

Ἄγνωστος θεός, 41

Ἀειδής, (= Hades), 79

Αἰτία ἐλομένω, 183

Ἀναγωγεύς, 101, 160

Ἀναιρέτης, 131

Ἀναίτιος ὁ θεός, 183

Ἄνεμος, 59

Ἀνθοφόρος, 138

Ἀντίθεος, 89

Ἀνώνυμοι, 137

Ἀπαθανατίζω, 116, 118

Ἀπάθεια, 191

Ἀποθέωσις, 118; _cf._ “Apotheosis”

Ἄποροι τῆς ταφῆς, 68

Ἀρετή, 151

Ἄρχοντες, 162

Ἀσωτεία, 151

Ἀταραξία, 8

Ἄταφοι, 64; _cf._ “_Insepulti_”

Ἄτροφοι, 132, 137

Ἄωροι, 129, 136 s.

Βιαιοθάνατοι, 129, 141 ss.

Βιὸς θεωρητικός, 211

Γνῶσις (τοῦ θεοῦ), 23, 121 ss., 125, 207 ss.

Δοξάζειν, 123

Εἴδωλον, 7, 24, 79, 166 s.

Ἐκπύρωσις, 13 s.

Ἐπιφανὴς θεός, 112

Ἑπτάκτις θεός, 160

Εὐπλοῖ, 155

Εὐψύχει, 149

Ἡγεμονικόν, 30, 103

Ἡγεμὼν θεός, 163 s.

Θάρρει, 149

Κατάβασις εἰς Ἅιδου, 171; _cf._ “Hades”

Κύκλος γενέσεως, 179

Μετενσωμάτωσις, 182

Νοῦς, 168; _cf._ 103, 213

Νυμφόληπτοι, 139

Ξύσματα, 160

Ὁδὸς μακάρων, 152

Ὄχημα, 41, 161, 169

Παλιγγενεσία, 182

Παράδεισος, 200

Πνεῦμα, 111, 168

Πολυάνδριον, 145

Σκιά, 166 s.

Συγγένεια, 96, 111

Συμποσιάρχης, 202

Σῶμα, 167

Σωτήρ, 112

Τελώνια, 163

Τρίοδος, 151

Υ, 26, 150 s., 194

Ὕψιστος, 41; _cf._ “Hypsistos”

Ὑψοῦσθαι, 123

Φωτίζω, 123

Ψυχή, 25, 59, 167; _cf._ “Psyche”

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Footnote 1:

Plut., _Pericl._, 8.

Footnote 2:

_Pensées_, III, 194 (t. II, p. 103, ed. Brunschvigg).

Footnote 3:

See Lecture I, “Life in the Tomb.”

Footnote 4:

See Lecture II, “The Nether World.”

Footnote 5:

See Lecture II, p. 73.

Footnote 6:

Plautus, _Capt._, V, 4, 1.

Footnote 7:

Polyb., VI, 56, 12.

Footnote 8:

Diels, _Fragm. Vorsokratiker_^3, II, p. 121, fr. 297.

Footnote 9:

Homer, _Il._, Ψ, 100; Plato, _Phaed._, 77 D; _cf._ Rohde, _Psyche_, II^4, p. 264, n. 2.

Footnote 10:

III, 38:

“Et metus ille foras praeceps Acheruntis agendus Funditus humanam qui vitam turbat ab imo.”

Footnote 11:

Sall., _Cat._, 51, 20.

Footnote 12:

Pliny, _H. N._, VII, 55, § 190.

Footnote 13:

Seneca, _Troades_, 382 ss.

Footnote 14:

Lucian, _Alex._, c. 61; c. 47.

Footnote 15:

Lucian, _ibid._, c. 38; c. 44; c. 47.

Footnote 16:

Julian, _Epist._, 89 (p. 747, 23, ed. Bidez-Cumont).

Footnote 17:

Cousin, _Bull. corr. hell._, XVI, 1897; _cf._ Usener, _Rhein. Mus._, N. F., XLVII, p. 428.

Footnote 18:

CIL, XI, 856 = Bücheler, _Carm. epigraphica_, 191.

Footnote 19:

Dessau, _Inscript. selectae_, 8162 ss.; _cf._ _Recueil des inscriptions du Pont_, 110: “Non fui, fui, non sum, non curo.”

Footnote 20:

_Recueil_, 143.

Footnote 21:

_Cf._ Lecture VIII, p. 192.

Footnote 22:

Kaibel, _Epigr. Graeca_, 646.

Footnote 23:

Bücheler, _Carm. epigr._, 1495 = CIL, VI, 26003:

“Nil sumus et fuimus. Mortales respice, lector, In nihil ab nihilo quam cito recidimus.”

Footnote 24:

Bücheler, _Carm. epigr._, 1247 = CIL, VI, 7193:

“Quod superest homini requiescunt dulciter ossa, Nec sum sollicitus ne subito esuriam. Et podagram careo, nec sum pensionibus arra Et gratis aeterno perfruor hospitio.”

Footnote 25:

Bücheler, _op. cit._, 1500.

Footnote 26:

I _Cor._ 15. 32.

Footnote 27:

Bücheler, _op. cit._, 187: “Quod comedi et ebibi tantum meum est.” _Cf._ _ibid._, 244: “Quod edi, bibi, mecum habeo, quod reliqui, perdidi.”

Footnote 28:

Bücheler, _op. cit._, 1499; Dessau, _Inscr. sel._, 8157:

“Balnea, vina, venus corrumpunt corpora nostra, Sed vitam faciunt balnea, vina, venus.”

Footnote 29:

Bücheler, _op. cit._, 243: “Dum vixi, bibi libenter; bibite vos qui vivitis.”

Footnote 30:

Héron de Villefosse, _Le trésor de Boscoreale_, in _Monuments Piot_, V, Paris, 1899.

Footnote 31:

_Epist._, I, 4, 16.

Footnote 32:

Epict., _Diss._, I, 14, 6; II, 8, 11 (ἀπόσπασμα τοῦ θεοῦ).

Footnote 33:

_Cf._, _e.g._, Sen., _Consol. Marc._, end.

Footnote 34:

See Lecture IV, p. 115 s.

Footnote 35:

Cic., _Tusc._, I, 79.

Footnote 36:

Stob., _Ecl._, I, 384, Wachsmuth.

Footnote 37:

Sextus Empiricus, _Adv. Math._, IX, 71: Οὐδὲ τὰς ψυχὰς ἔνεστιν ὑπονοῆσαι κάτω φερομένας. _Cf._ Cic., _Tusc._, I, 16, 37; 17, 40.

Footnote 38:

_Cf._ Lecture II, p. 77.

Footnote 39:

Epictetus, III, 13, 15; _cf._ II, 6, 18.

Footnote 40:

Bonhöfer, _Epictet. und die Stoa_, 1890, p. 65.

Footnote 41:

_Cf._ Lecture III, p. 98.

Footnote 42:

_Arch. Epigr. Mitt. aus Oesterreich_, VI, 1882, p. 60; _cf._ Epictetus, _l. c._

Footnote 43:

CIL, XIII, 8371, at Cologne.

Footnote 44:

CIL, III, 6384: “Corpus habent cineres, animam sacer abstulit aer.”

Footnote 45:

Dessau, _Inscr. sel._, 8168; Bücheler, _Carm. epigr._, 1532; _cf._ 974:

“Mortua heic ego sum et sum cinis, is cinis terrast, Sein est terra dea, ego sum dea, mortua non sum.”

Footnote 46:

Tennyson, _Crossing the Bar_.

Footnote 47:

Bücheler, _Carm. epigr._, 1498:

“Evasi effugi; Spes et Fortuna valete; Nil mihi vobiscum. Ludificate alios.”

_Cf._ Bücheler, 409, 9; 434; _Anthol. Pal._, IX, 49; 172; Vettius Valens, V, 9 (p. 219, 26, Kroll).

Footnote 48:

See my _Oriental religions_, p. 180; 276, n. 51 s.

Footnote 49:

See Lecture III, pp. 96, 107; VII, p. 176.

Footnote 50:

Callim., _Epigr._, 15, 3:

Ὠ Χαρίδα τί τὰ νέρθε;—Πολὺ σκότος—Αἱ δ’ ἄνοδοι τί; Ψεῦδος—Ὁ δὲ Πλούτων;—Μῦθος—Ἀπωλόμεθα

Footnote 51:

Cat., V, 4:

“Soles occidere et redire possunt; Nobis quum semel occidit brevis lux, Nox est perpetua una dormienda.”

Footnote 52: