Note 1461 — Chapter XI · ORPHIC ESCHATOLOGY.
Reading edition
Theocr. II. 36 schol. διόπερ πρὸς πᾶσαν ἀφοσίωσιν καὶ ἀποκάθαρσιν αὐτῷ ἐχρῶντο ὥς φησι καὶ Ἀπολλόδωρος ἐν τῷ περὶ θεῶν. For a full discussion of the apotropaic uses of bronze gongs see Mr A. B. Cook, ‘The Gong at Dodona,’ J.H.S. vol. XXII. 1902, p. 5.