1874), pp. 24-27, 33 _sq._ Compare Pausanias, vii. 20. 1. _sq._ 138 A list of these cases is given by Hyginus, _Fab._ 253. It includes the incest of Clymenus, king of Arcadia, with his daughter Harpalyce (compare Hyginus, _Fab._ 206); that of Oenomaus, king of Pisa, with his daughter Hippodamia (compare J. Tzetzes, _Schol. on Lycophron_, 156; Lucian, _Charidemus_, 19); that of Erechtheus, king of Athens, with his daughter Procris; and that of Epopeus, king of Lesbos, with his daughter Nyctimene (compare Hyginus, _Fab._ 204). 139 The custom of brother and sister marriage seems to have been especially common in royal families. See my note on Pausanias, i. 7. 1 (vol. ii. pp. 84 _sq._); as to the case of Egypt see below, vol. ii. pp. 213 _sqq._ The true explanation of the custom was first, so far as I know, indicated by J. F. McLennan (_The Patriarchal Theory_, London, 1885, p. 95). M30 The Flamen Dialis and his Flaminica at Rome. 140 Aulus Gellius, x. 15. 22; J. Marquardt, _Römische Staatsverwaltung_, iii.2 (Leipsic, 1885) p. 328. 141 Priestesses are said to have preceded priests in some Egyptian cities. See W. M. Flinders Petrie, _The Religion of Ancient Egypt_ (London, 1906), p. 74. _ 142 The Magic Art and the Evolution of Kings_, ii. 179, 190 _sqq._ _ 143 The Magic Art and the Evolution of Kings_, ii. 268 _sqq._ _ 144 The Magic Art and the Evolution of Kings_, i. 12 note 1. M31 Priestesses among the Khasis of Assam. 145 Major P. R. T. Gurdon, _The Khasis_ (London, 1907), pp. 109-112, 120 _sq._ M32 Sacred marriage of a priest and priestess as representatives of the Sun-god and the Earth-goddess. Marriage of the Sun-god and Earth-goddess acted by a priest and his wife. _ 146 The Magic Art and the Evolution of Kings_, ii. 191 _sqq._ _ 147 The Magic Art and the Evolution of Kings_, ii. 148. 148 The late Rev. P. Dehon, S.J., “Religion and Customs of the Uraons,” _Memoirs of the Asiatic Society of Bengal_, vol. i. No. 9 (Calcutta, 1906), pp. 144-146. 149 For more evidence see _The Magic Art and the Evolution of Kings_, ii. 97 _sqq._ M33 Cinyras beloved by Aphrodite. Pygmalion and Aphrodite. The Phoenician kings of Cyprus or their sons appear to have been hereditary lovers of the goddess. Sacred marriage of the kings of Paphos. Sons and daughters, fathers and mothers of a god. 150 Lucian, _Rhetorum praeceptor_, 11; Hyginus, _Fab._ 270. 151 Clement of Alexandria, _Protrept._ ii. 33, p. 29, ed. Potter. 152 W. H. Engel, _Kypros_, ii. 585, 612; A. Maury, _Histoire des Religions de la Grèce Antique_ (Paris, 1857-1859), iii. 197, note 3.