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Note 151 — Chapter II · THE ALEXANDRIAN DIVINITIES

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This was noticed by Clement of Alexandria, who (Strom. Bk V. c. 14) says that Homer and Orpheus both “show forth” the Christian doctrine in this respect. The verse he quotes from Orpheus makes Dionysos both the father and son of Zeus. Cf. Abel’s Orphica, Frag. 237.

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