INDEX Ablutions, 118; _cf._ “Lustration” Absorption in God, 36 s., 42, 122 Acheron, 5, 8, 15, 27, 78, 80 s., 84 s., 149, 210 Achilles, 74 Adonis, 116, 203 Aeacus, 10, 75 Aeneid, 48, 82 s., 151; Aeneas, 74, 128; _cf._ “Virgil” Africa, 93, 120, 139, 192 Age of reason, 137 Agricola, 18 Agrippina, 131 Ahriman, 89; _cf._ “Spirit of Evil” Air full of souls, 26, 59, 160; purifies, 119, 143, 186; _cf._ Winds; Aerial bodies, 103, 168; _cf._ “Εἴδωλον” Alexander of Abonotichos, 9, 23, 180 Alexander of Aphrodisias, 6 Alexander the Great, 62 Alexandria, 17, 20, 79, 96; cults, 36, 39; _cf._ “Isis,” “Serapis” Allegorical interpretations, 12, 21, 24, 42, 78 ss., 82, 86, 152, 180, 195, 206 Amorgos, 105 Andromeda, 104 Angels, 140 _Anima_, 59, 167; _cf._ “Soul” _Ante diem_ (death), 133 Antinous, 105, 164 Antipodes, 80 s. Antonius Diogenes, 22 Aphraates, 206 Apocalypse of Peter, 173 _Apocolocyntosis_, 179 Apollo, 112, 123, 156; Musagetes, 101 Apollonius of Tyana, 23, 164 Apotheosis of heroes, 32, 205; of emperors, 102, 112 s., 156, 164; of Claudius, 179; of great men, 114 s.; in mysteries, 118 ss.; of children, 138 ss. Appius Claudius Pulcher, 22 Apuleius, 108, n. 41 Aristarchus, 79 Aristophanes, 95 Aristotle, 6, 17, 77, 98, 131; _cf._ “Peripatetic” Armenia, 52 Arnold (Matthew), 116 Asia Minor, 112; _cf._ “Cybele” Astral body, 169 Astrolatry, 123, 207; _cf._ “Stars” Astrology, 17, 28, 92 s., 96, 100, 102, 117, 187 Ataraxia, 8, 191 Atargatis, 121 Athribis, 93 Atmosphere, 25, 81, 162, 168; _cf._ “Hades” Attis, 35 ss., 39, 116, 203 Augustus, 156 Avernus, 74 Axiochos, 79 Babylonia, 94, 156; _cf._ “Chaldeans” Bacchus, 52, 120, 138 s., 202, 211; Bacchantes, 62; _cf._ “Dionysos” Banquet; funeral, 53 ss., 200 ss.; ritual, 120 ss., 203 s.; eternal, 35, 151, 201 ss.; of the gods, 204 _Biothanati_, 26, 129 ss., 141 ss. Bird (soul), 59, 157 s. Black hand, 135 Black souls, 166 Blood poured on tombs, 51; seat of life, 51, 118; in mysteries, 113, 201 ss. Boats (sun and moon), 92, 113, 154 s.; carry souls, 155; _cf._ “Charon” Body carried to heaven, 159, 164; _cf._ 165, 167; soul attached to body, 182 s.; _cf._ 44 ss.; _cf._ “Corpse” Book of the Dead, 148, 175, 193; of Enoch, 108, 198; of Arta Viraf, 175 Boscoreale (goblets), 11 Bread, 120 Buddhism, 177 Burial necessary, 64 ss., 197; refused, 65, 143, 145 s.; _cf._ “_Insepulti_” Byzantines, 132, 146 Caesar (Julius), 8, 51, 104 Calendar, 102 California, 148 Caligula, 67, 131 Callimachus, 17 Cameo of Paris, 156 Cancer and Capricorn, 153 Carducci, 115 Carneades, 6 Castor and Pollux, 104, 113, 205; _cf._ “Dioscuri” Castor of Rhodes, 22, 97 Catacombs, 202, 206 Catasterism, 104, 113; _cf._ “Stars”