The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura
Chapter 33
_Aesculapius._ Cp. Florida 18.
_the mysteries of father Liber._ The mysterious object is probably the mystic casket (_cista_) containing the [Greek: phallos], emblem of fertility.
The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura
_Aesculapius._ Cp. Florida 18.
_the mysteries of father Liber._ The mysterious object is probably the mystic casket (_cista_) containing the [Greek: phallos], emblem of fertility.