Note 15 — INDEX
Reading edition
Legge, The Shu King, n. 5, p. 269 (The Chinese Classics, Vol. III, p. 1). Herodotus tells (Book II, chapter 122) that Pharaoh Rhampsinitus (? Rameses) of Egypt descended to Hades and played dice with Ceres (Isis), “sometimes winning and sometimes suffering defeat”. A curious festival celebrated the event. ↑