INDEX

Ablutions, 118; cf. “Lustration”

Absorption in God, 36 s., 42, 122

Acheron, 5, 8, 15, 27, 78, 80 s., 84 s., 149, 210

Achilles, 74

Adonis, 116, 203

Aeacus, 10, 75

Aeneid, 48, 82 s., 151; Aeneas, 74, 128; cf. “Virgil”

Africa, 93, 120, 139, 192

Age of reason, 137

Agricola, 18

Agrippina, 131

Ahriman, 89; cf. “Spirit of Evil”

Air full of souls, 26, 59, 160; purifies, 119, 143, 186; cf. Winds; Aerial bodies, 103, 168; cf. “Εἴδωλον”

Alexander of Abonotichos, 9, 23, 180

Alexander of Aphrodisias, 6

Alexander the Great, 62

Alexandria, 17, 20, 79, 96; cults, 36, 39; cf. “Isis,” “Serapis”

Allegorical interpretations, 12, 21, 24, 42, 78 ss., 82, 86, 152, 180, 195, 206

Amorgos, 105

Andromeda, 104

Angels, 140

Anima, 59, 167; cf. “Soul”

Ante diem (death), 133

Antinous, 105, 164

Antipodes, 80 s.

Antonius Diogenes, 22

Aphraates, 206

Apocalypse of Peter, 173

Apocolocyntosis, 179

Apollo, 112, 123, 156; Musagetes, 101

Apollonius of Tyana, 23, 164

Apotheosis of heroes, 32, 205; of emperors, 102, 112 s., 156, 164; of Claudius, 179; of great men, 114 s.; in mysteries, 118 ss.; of children, 138 ss.

Appius Claudius Pulcher, 22

Apuleius, 108, n. 41

Aristarchus, 79

Aristophanes, 95

Aristotle, 6, 17, 77, 98, 131; cf. “Peripatetic”

Armenia, 52

Arnold (Matthew), 116

Asia Minor, 112; cf. “Cybele”

Astral body, 169

Astrolatry, 123, 207; cf. “Stars”

Astrology, 17, 28, 92 s., 96, 100, 102, 117, 187

Ataraxia, 8, 191

Atargatis, 121

Athribis, 93

Atmosphere, 25, 81, 162, 168; cf. “Hades”

Attis, 35 ss., 39, 116, 203

Augustus, 156

Avernus, 74

Axiochos, 79

Babylonia, 94, 156; cf. “Chaldeans”

Bacchus, 52, 120, 138 s., 202, 211; Bacchantes, 62; cf. “Dionysos”

Banquet; funeral, 53 ss., 200 ss.; ritual, 120 ss., 203 s.; eternal, 35, 151, 201 ss.; 216of the gods, 204

Biothanati, 26, 129 ss., 141 ss.

Bird (soul), 59, 157 s.

Black hand, 135

Black souls, 166

Blood poured on tombs, 51; seat of life, 51, 118; in mysteries, 113, 201 ss.

Boats (sun and moon), 92, 113, 154 s.; carry souls, 155; cf. “Charon”

Body carried to heaven, 159, 164; cf. 165, 167; soul attached to body, 182 s.; cf. 44 ss.; cf. “Corpse”

Book of the Dead, 148, 175, 193; of Enoch, 108, 198; of Arta Viraf, 175

Boscoreale (goblets), 11

Bread, 120

Buddhism, 177

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

217Cynics, 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

218Fates, 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

219Imago, 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”

220Melikraton, 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

221Pains 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

222Pyriphlegethon, 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

223Solar 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.

224Varro, 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”

225