The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Third Edition, Vol. 05 of 12)Frazer, James George
Religion
The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Third Edition, Vol. 05 of 12)
Frazer, James George
Magic; Mythology; Religion; Superstition
125 In Hebrew a temple harlot was regularly called “a sacred woman”
(_kĕdēsha_). See _Encyclopaedia Biblica_, _s.v._ “Harlot”; S. R.
Driver, on Genesis xxxviii. 21. As to such “sacred women” see below,
pp. 70 _sqq._
M27 The daughters of Cinyras.
126 Clement of Alexandria, _Protrept._ ii. 13, p. 12, ed. Potter;
Arnobius, _Adversus Nationes_, v. 19; Firmicus Maternus, _De errore
profanarum religionum_, 10.
127 Apollodorus, _Bibliotheca_, iii. 14. 3.
M28 The Paphian dynasty of the Cinyrads.
128 Apollodorus, _Bibliotheca_, iii. 14. 3. I follow the text of R.
Wagner’s edition in reading Μεγασσάρου τοῦ Ὑριέων βασιλέως. As to
Hyria in Isauria see Stephanus Byzantius, _s.v._ Ὑρία. The city of
Celenderis, on the south coast of Cilicia, possessed a small harbour
protected by a fortified peninsula. Many ancient tombs survived till
recent times, but have now mostly disappeared. It was the port from
which the Turkish couriers from Constantinople used to embark for
Cyprus. As to the situation and remains see F. Beaufort, _Karmania_
(London, 1817), p. 201; W. M. Leake, _Journal of a Tour in Asia
Minor_ (London, 1824), pp. 114-118; R. Heberdey und A. Wilhelm,
“Reisen in Kilikien,” _Denkschriften der kais. Akademie der
Wissenschaften, Philosoph.-historische Classe_, xliv. (1896) No. vi.
p. 94. The statement that the sanctuary of Aphrodite at Paphos was
founded by the Arcadian Agapenor, who planted a colony in Cyprus
after the Trojan war (Pausanias, viii. 5. 2), may safely be
disregarded.
129 Tacitus, _Hist._ ii. 3; _Annals_, iii. 62.
130 Tacitus, _Hist._ ii. 3; Hesychius, _s.v._ Ταμιράδαι.
131 Pindar, _Pyth._ ii. 13-17.
132 Tyrtaeus, xii. 6 (_Poetae Lyrici Graeci_, ed. Th. Bergk,3 Leipsic,
1866-1867, ii. 404); Pindar, _Pyth._ viii. 18; Plato, _Laws_, ii. 6,
p. 660 E; Clement of Alexandria, _Paedag._ iii. 6, p. 274, ed.
Potter; Dio Chrysostom, _Orat._ viii. (vol. i. p. 149, ed. L.
Dindorf); Julian, _Epist._ lix. p. 574, ed. F. C. Hertlein;
Diogenianus, viii. 53; Suidas, _s.v._ Καταγηράσαις.
133 Schol. on Pindar, _Pyth._ ii. 15 (27); Hesychius, _s.v._ Κινυράδαι;
Clement of Alexandria, _Protrept._ iii. 45, p. 40, ed. Potter;
Arnobius, _Adversus Nationes_, vi. 6. That the kings of Paphos were
also priests of the goddess is proved, apart from the testimony of
ancient writers, by inscriptions found on the spot. See H. Collitz,
_Sammlung der griechischen Dialektinschriften_, i. (Göttingen, 1884)
p. 22, Nos. 38, 39, 40. The title of the goddess in these
inscriptions is Queen or Mistress (Ϝανασ(σ)ἀς). It is perhaps a
translation of the Semitic Baalath.
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