Note 623 — Chapter X · THE SYSTEM OF THE PISTIS SOPHIA AND ITS RELATED TEXTS[459]
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The description of the moon-chariot drawn by two white oxen is found in Claudian’s Proserpine. According to Cumont (Textes et Monuments relatifs aux Mystères de Mithra, t. I. p. 126 and note) it was not until Hadrian’s time that this conception, which seems to have been Persian in origin, became fixed in the West.