Note 1 — Chapter X
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The cult of Adonis travelled to Greece not later than the seventh century, b.c., and there is evidence that his rites were subsequently celebrated both in Argosand in Attica; see Frazer, "Adonis, Attis, Osiris," I., pp. 13 if., 226 f. For the Sumerian origin of the legend, see Zimmern, "Sumerisch-babylonische Tamûzlieder" (1907), and Langdon, "Tammuz and Ishtar" (1913).