Note 156 — Chapter II · THE ALEXANDRIAN DIVINITIES
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Probably it had some reference to his character as god of vegetation, as shown by his epithet of “Frugifer.” The explanation of Macrobius, Saturnalia, I. c. 20, which refers it to the sun, is absurd. Perhaps it may be connected with his epithet of πολυδέγμων “receiver of many.” So Æl. Aristides speaks of him as the receiver of souls. See p. 60 infra.