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... whole family is derived from Helios by a syncretism apparent from the earliest times in Greece , in order to bring them nearer to the sphere of the gods , and to deduce their arts from them . Circe , herself a goddess , is the sister of ...
... whole family is derived from Helios by a syncretism apparent from the earliest times in Greece , in order to bring them nearer to the sphere of the gods , and to deduce their arts from them . Circe , herself a goddess , is the sister of ...
Page 59
... whole world ; he and Demeter were the benefactors of all , and by all were honoured . His worship in India , Egypt , and farther Asia , is well known ; in Arabia , Dionysos and Urania were alone worshipped by all the gods . In Persia ...
... whole world ; he and Demeter were the benefactors of all , and by all were honoured . His worship in India , Egypt , and farther Asia , is well known ; in Arabia , Dionysos and Urania were alone worshipped by all the gods . In Persia ...
Page 63
... whole nature of witches portrayed . " The Telchini , " says Bart , p . 10 , 66 were to Poseidon what the Curetes were to Zeus . They were , like them , punished by their foster - child , and may be classified with the giants , as these ...
... whole nature of witches portrayed . " The Telchini , " says Bart , p . 10 , 66 were to Poseidon what the Curetes were to Zeus . They were , like them , punished by their foster - child , and may be classified with the giants , as these ...
Page 64
... whole throng ; Pausanias five , namely , Hercules , Epimedes , Pæon , Jason , and Idas . Celmus , or the Telchinic Scelmus , is called by Hesychias a child , a kind of Cadmil , probably one who produced magical effects by words and ...
... whole throng ; Pausanias five , namely , Hercules , Epimedes , Pæon , Jason , and Idas . Celmus , or the Telchinic Scelmus , is called by Hesychias a child , a kind of Cadmil , probably one who produced magical effects by words and ...
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... whole meaning . Then it is clear how the initiated , who called themselves Dactyls , created astonishment in the people through their magic arts , working , as they did , marvels of a healing nature . To this united themselves many ...
... whole meaning . Then it is clear how the initiated , who called themselves Dactyls , created astonishment in the people through their magic arts , working , as they did , marvels of a healing nature . To this united themselves many ...
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