Adonis, myth of, i. 3 _sqq._; Greek worship of, 6; in Greek mythology, 10 _sqq._; in Syria, 13 _sqq._; monuments of, 29; in Cyprus, 31 _sqq._, 49; identified with Osiris, 32; mourning for, at Byblus, 38; said to be the fruit of incest, 43; his mother Myrrha, 43; son of Theias, 43 _n._ 4, 55 _n._ 4; the son of Cinyras, 49; the title of the sons of Phoenician kings in Cyprus, 49; his violent death, 55; music in the worship of, 55; sacred prostitution in the worship of, 57; inspired prophets in worship of, 76; human representatives of, perhaps burnt, 110; doves burned in honour of, 147; personated by priestly kings, 223; the ritual of, 223 _sqq._; his death and resurrection represented in his rites, 224 _sq._; festivals of, 224 _sqq._; flutes played in the laments for, 225 _n._ 3; the ascension of, 225; images of, thrown into the sea or springs, 225, 227 _n._ 3, 236; born from a myrrh-tree, 227, ii. 110; bewailed by Argive women, i. 227 _n._; analogy of his rites to Indian and European ceremonies, 227; his death and resurrection interpreted as representations of the decay and revival of vegetation, 227 _sqq._; interpreted as the sun, 228; interpreted by the ancients as the god of the reaped and sprouting corn, 229; as a corn-spirit, 230 _sqq._; hunger the root of the worship of, 231; perhaps originally a personification of wild vegetation, especially grass and trees, 233; the gardens of, 236 _sqq._; rain-charm in the rites of, 237; resemblance of his rites to the festival of Easter, 254 _sqq._, 306; worshipped at Bethlehem, 257 _sqq._; and the planet Venus as the Morning Star, 258 _sq._; sometimes identified with Attis, 263; swine not eaten by worshippers of, 265; rites of, among the Greeks, 298; lamented by women at Byblus, ii. 23 Adonis and Aphrodite, i. 11 _sq._, 29, 280; their marriage celebrated at Alexandria, 224 —— and Attis identified with Dionysus, ii. 127 _n._ —— and Osiris, similarity between their rites, ii. 127 ——, Attis, Osiris, their mythical similarity, i. 6, ii. 201 ——, the river, its valley, i. 28 _sqq._; annual discoloration of the, 30, 225 Aedepsus, hot springs of Hercules at, i. 211 _sq._ Aedesius, Sextilius Agesilaus, dedicates altar to Attis, i. 275 _n._ 1 Aegipan and Hermes, i. 157 Aelian, on impregnation of Judean maid by serpent, i. 81 Aeneas and Dido, i. 114 _n._ 1 Aeschylus, on Typhon, i. 156 Aesculapius, in relation to serpents, i. 80 _sq._; reputed father of Aratus, 80 _sq._; his shrines at Sicyon and Titane, 81; his dispute with Hercules, 209 _sq._ Aeson and Medea, i. 181 _n._ 1 _Aetna_, Latin poem, i. 221 _n._ 4