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The writings of Clement of Alexandria, Vol. 1 (of 2)

Note 47 — Chapter II · THE ABSURDITY AND IMPIETY OF THE HEATHEN MYSTERIES AND FABLES ABOUT THE BIRTH AND DEATH OF THEIR GODS.

William Wilson translation

An obscene epithet, derived from χοῖρος, a sow, used metonymically for muliebria, and θλίβω, to press or rub.

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