Note 1587 — Chapter XII · ORPHIC COSMOGONY.

Plut. Them. I. Pausanias (IV. 1. 7) in speaking of this same telesterion, which was the sanctuary of the Lycomids, calls it by the very peculiar name κλίσιον, Dr Frazer translates κλίσιον ‘chapel.’ The word may mean a ‘lean to,’ a rough annexe, but I would conjecture that here it means the same as παστάς, i.e. ‘bridal chamber,’ the place of the ἱερὸς γάμος, see p. 536.