Note 441 — Chapter IV · PRE-CHRISTIAN GNOSTICS: THE ORPHICI

So Clement of Alexandria, Protrept. c. II. speaks of “the mysteries of Demeter, and Zeus’ wanton embraces of his mother and the wrath of Demeter ... also the entreaties of Zeus, and the drink of gall, the plucking-out of the hearts of sacrifices and deeds we dare not name.” Arnobius, adv. Gentes, Bk V. cc. 20, 21, tells substantially the same story.