Note 1036 — Chapter VIII · DIONYSOS.
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An inscription of the 5th century B.C. recently discovered shows that at Thebes there was an actual sanctuary of Earth. It runs as follows: ἱαρὸν Γᾶς Μακαίρας Τελεσσφόρο. The titles μάκαιρα and τελεσφόρος are applied to Ge in the Orphic Hymn (xxvi. 1 and 10). See Bull. de Corr. Hell. 1901, p. 363.