Ophiolatreia An Account of the Rites and Mysteries Connected with the Origin, Rise, and Development of Serpent Worship in Various Parts of the World

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Derivation of the name "Europe"--Greece colonized by Ophites-- Numerous traces of the Serpent in Greece--Worship of Bacchus-- Story of Ericthonias--Banquet of the Bacchantes--Minerva--Armour of Agamemnon--Serpents at Epidaurus--Story of the pestilence in Rome--Delphi--Mahomet at Atmeidan.