Note 1276 — Chapter X · ORPHIC MYSTERIES.

Eur. Bacch. 370 Ὁσία πότνα θεῶν. It is worth noting in connection with the Ὁσία of Euripides, that on tomb-inscriptions in Phrygia, and so far as at present known only there, dedications occur to a divinity bearing the titles ὅσιος καὶ δίκαιος. These inscriptions are of Roman date, and it is usual to refer them to Mithras worship, but, found as they are in Phrygia, the home of the Bacchants, it is possible, I think, that they may indicate an old tradition of Cybele worship. See Roscher s.v. Hosios.