Cato of Utica, 26, 144 Catullus, 17 Celsus, 88 Celts, see “Druids,” “Gaul” _Cena novemdialis_, 53 Cenotaph, 65; _cf._ 48 Cerberus, 10, 83, 87 Chaldaic oracles, 38, 103 Chaldeans, 28, 35, 37 s., 95, 100 ss., 107 s., 160, 208 s.; _cf._ “Babylonia” Chariot of the sun, 102, 113, 156 s. Charon, 85, 149, 174; Charon’s boat, 10, 25, 66, 75, 80, 155 Children sacrificed, 135; games in other life, 138 s.; unbaptised, 198; _cf._ “Untimely death,” “Apotheosis” Christians, pagan customs of, 52, 55 s., 119, 145 s., 200; beliefs, 68 s., 90, 92, 108, 140 s., 143, 153, 187, 196 ss.; _biothanati_, 146 Chrysippus, 13 Church, see “Christians” Cicero, 19, 26 s., 31 ss., 44, 83, 104 s., 111, 113, 135, 152, 161, 165 Circe, 74, 180 _Circumpotatio_, 55 Claudius, 152, 179 Cleanthes, 13 Cocytus, 78 Colleges (funeral), 67, 143 Comet, 104; _cf._ “Star” Commodianus, 146 Como, 192 Conflagration of the world, 12 ss. Consus, 71 Contemplation of stars, 209; _cf._ “Sight of God” Copernicus, 28, 109 Corinthians (Epistle to), 11, 106 Cornutus, 14 Corpse (life of), 45, 164; _cf._ “Body” Corstopitum, 156 Crescent (symbol), 93, 97, 99 Crown of life, 117 Curse-tablets, see “_Defixiones_” Cybele, 35 ss., 39 Cynics, 65 Cyprus, 135 Danaïdes, 85, 87, 171, 181 Dante, 43, 109, 174, 187 Dead; food of, 50; partake of banquets, 54 s.; communicate with living, 58 s.; feared, 47; malevolent, 63 s.; tutelary spirits, 60 s.; keep character of living, 73; received by shades or not, 68, 86, 193; physical character of, 165 ss.; _cf._ “Ghosts,” “Soul,” “Spirits” Death, sleep, 10, 45, 192; not to be feared, 7 ss., 19; second d., 110; untimely d., 128 ss.; represented as a monster, 117 _Defixiones_, 63, 68, 134 Deification, 34, 111 s.; _cf._ “Apotheosis” Demetrius of Tarsus, 186 Democritus, 5, 7 Demons, 26, 29, 60, 62, 80, 86 s., 88 s., 133, 136, 145, 154, 162, 172, 175 Destiny, see “Fatalism” _Devotio_, 63 _Di animales_, 149 Dido, 59 Didyma, 99 Dio Cassius, 62 Dionysos (mysteries), 35, 120, 123, 201 s., 211; _cf._ “Bacchus” Dioscuri, 156; _cf._ “Castor” Dolphins, 180 Domitian, 103 Druids, 23, 94, 178 Druses, 178 Dualism, 24, 89, 117, 188 Eagle carries souls, 102, 113, 157 ss. Earth (Mother), 36, 86; _cf._ “Cybele,” “Moon” Eclecticism, 21, 27 Ecstasy, 42, 121, 126, 196 Egypt, 48 s., 54, 86, 112, 134, 157, 173, 177 s.; Egyptian religion, 45, 76, 79, 94, 113, 122 s., 148, 153, 167, 175, 202, 207, 213; in Rome, 36 ss. Elements purify the soul, 25, 81, 119, 185 ss., 196, 201 Eleusis, 34, 138; _cf._ “Mysteries” Elijah, 156 Elysian fields, 34, 73, 76, 79, 84, 120, 138 s., 151, 165, 171 ss., 184, 193 s.; in the moon, 25, 81 s., 97; about the moon, 98; among the stars, 104, 187; represented, 74; _cf._ “Hades”