The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism

Name: The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism
Author: Cumont, Franz

Cumont, Franz

Paganism -- Rome; Religions; Rome -- Religion

_Nama Sebesio_, 16.
  Names, Barbarian, 279 n. 69;
    Theophorous, 148.
  Naples, Syrians in, 108.
  Narses, 136.
  _Natalis Invicti_, xvii, 228 n. 42.
  Nature worship, 206.
  _Navigium Isidis_, 97.
  Nechepso, 163.
  Nectanebos, 86.
  Neo-Platonism, ix, xxiv, 34, 45, 70, 124, 152, 188, 201, 244 n. 29, 279
      n. 66.
  Neo-Pythagoreanism, 152.
  Nephtis, 230 n. 9.
  Nero, 87, 106;
    initiated by Tiridates, 263 n. 16.
  Nicocreon, 79.
  Nietzsche, 177.
  Nigidius Figulus, 164.
  Nile, 205.
  Nimes, 216 n. 12;
    Isis in, 83.
  Noeldeke, 258 n. 80;
    on authenticity of _De dea Syria_, 218 n. 19.
  Numidia, 113.

  Olympus a republic, 284 n. 19;
    Sacrifices on, 143.
  _Omnipotens et omniparens_, 129.
  _Omnipotentes_, 63, 226 n. 30.
  Orchoe, 122.
  Organism, Universe an, 207.
  Orient, Law in the, 5f.
    Menace of, 2ff.;
    Triumph of, 26.
  Ormuzd, 152, 190, 199.
  _Ornatrices_, 94, 96.
  Orpheus, 101, 202.
  Orphic hymns, 217 n. 14.
  Osiris, 237 n. 77;
    and Attis, 69;
    Deceased identified with, 99;
    the judge, 90f.;
    _Inventio_ of, 98;
    Serapis and, 74ff.
  Ostia, Syrians in, 108.
  Otho and Vitellius, 164.

  Pagan theology and Christianity, 288 n. 29.
  Paganism, Chaotic condition of, vii;
    Education in, 283 n. 17;
    Essence of, 131;
    Latin, 197;
    Morality of, 209;
    Semitic, 116;
    Syrian, 121.
  Palmyra, 112f., 115, 123f., 252 n. 59.
  Pan and Attis, 69.
  Pannonia, 112;
    Syrians in, 108.
  Pantheism, 33;
    Solar, 134.
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  _Pantheos_, 70.
  Papas. See "Attis."
  Paphos, Conical stone at, 116.
  Parseeism closest to monotheism, 150;
    Influence of, on Judaism, 138.
  _Pastophori_, 94.
  Penance, 40f.;
    in Syria, 249 n. 46.
  Pergamum, 47ff.
  Perseus and Andromeda, 173.
  Persia, 135ff.;
    Magic of, 189.
  Pessinus, 47ff.; 148, 197.
  Petilia, 239 n. 89.
  Petosiris the priest, 163.
  Phallophories of Abydos, 78.
  Philo of Alexandria, 230 n. 11.
  Philo of Biblos, 115, 122.
  Philosophers, 201.
  Philosophy, 33.
  Phoenicia, 122.
  Phrygia, 46ff.;
    Magi in, 139;
    Penance in, 40.
  Pigeon, 117.
  Pilgrimages, 46.
  Pine, Sacred, 56f.
  Piraeus, Attis in, 61.
  Plagiarism, 11.
  Plants, Sacred, in Egypt, 78.
  Plato, 265 n. 34.
  Platonists, 14.
  Pliny, 279 n. 69.
  Plutarch, 14, 75, 87, 90, 142, 152, 190.
  Pluto, chief of demons, 266 n. 37.
  Polemicists as source, 15.
  Pompeii, Frescoes of, 235 n. 58;
    Iseum at, 81.
  Pompey, 143.
  Porphyry, 93, 95, 152.
  Posidonius of Apamea, 164.
  Pozzuoli, 111;
    Serapeum of, 81;
    Syrians in, 108.
  Praetextatus, 208, 211;
    Catacombs of, 65, 226 n. 23;
    Epitaph of, 286 n. 23;
    Wife of, 282 n. 13.
  Priesthood, 41;
    in Egypt, 94;
    Oriental 32.
  Proclus, 228 n. 41.
  _Prophetes_, 94.
  Prudentius, 66, 204, 282 n. 5.
  Psychological crisis, 27.
  Ptolemy, 164, 170, 182.
  Ptolemy Euergetes, 79.
  Ptolemy Soter, 74, 79.
  Purification, 64; in Mazdaism, 156.
  Purity, 209;
    Conception of, 234 n. 49, 249 n.

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The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism

Cumont, Franz

Paganism -- Rome; Religions; Rome -- Religion

_Nama Sebesio_, 16.
  Names, Barbarian, 279 n. 69;
    Theophorous, 148.
  Naples, Syrians in, 108.
  Narses, 136.
  _Natalis Invicti_, xvii, 228 n. 42.
  Nature worship, 206.
  _Navigium Isidis_, 97.
  Nechepso, 163.
  Nectanebos, 86.
  Neo-Platonism, ix, xxiv, 34, 45, 70, 124, 152, 188, 201, 244 n. 29, 279
      n. 66.
  Neo-Pythagoreanism, 152.
  Nephtis, 230 n. 9.
  Nero, 87, 106;
    initiated by Tiridates, 263 n. 16.
  Nicocreon, 79.
  Nietzsche, 177.
  Nigidius Figulus, 164.
  Nile, 205.
  Nimes, 216 n. 12;
    Isis in, 83.
  Noeldeke, 258 n. 80;
    on authenticity of _De dea Syria_, 218 n. 19.
  Numidia, 113.

  Olympus a republic, 284 n. 19;
    Sacrifices on, 143.
  _Omnipotens et omniparens_, 129.
  _Omnipotentes_, 63, 226 n. 30.
  Orchoe, 122.
  Organism, Universe an, 207.
  Orient, Law in the, 5f.
    Menace of, 2ff.;
    Triumph of, 26.
  Ormuzd, 152, 190, 199.
  _Ornatrices_, 94, 96.
  Orpheus, 101, 202.
  Orphic hymns, 217 n. 14.
  Osiris, 237 n. 77;
    and Attis, 69;
    Deceased identified with, 99;
    the judge, 90f.;
    _Inventio_ of, 98;
    Serapis and, 74ff.
  Ostia, Syrians in, 108.
  Otho and Vitellius, 164.

  Pagan theology and Christianity, 288 n. 29.
  Paganism, Chaotic condition of, vii;
    Education in, 283 n. 17;
    Essence of, 131;
    Latin, 197;
    Morality of, 209;
    Semitic, 116;
    Syrian, 121.
  Palmyra, 112f., 115, 123f., 252 n. 59.
  Pan and Attis, 69.
  Pannonia, 112;
    Syrians in, 108.
  Pantheism, 33;
    Solar, 134.
  {296}
  _Pantheos_, 70.
  Papas. See "Attis."
  Paphos, Conical stone at, 116.
  Parseeism closest to monotheism, 150;
    Influence of, on Judaism, 138.
  _Pastophori_, 94.
  Penance, 40f.;
    in Syria, 249 n. 46.
  Pergamum, 47ff.
  Perseus and Andromeda, 173.
  Persia, 135ff.;
    Magic of, 189.
  Pessinus, 47ff.; 148, 197.
  Petilia, 239 n. 89.
  Petosiris the priest, 163.
  Phallophories of Abydos, 78.
  Philo of Alexandria, 230 n. 11.
  Philo of Biblos, 115, 122.
  Philosophers, 201.
  Philosophy, 33.
  Phoenicia, 122.
  Phrygia, 46ff.;
    Magi in, 139;
    Penance in, 40.
  Pigeon, 117.
  Pilgrimages, 46.
  Pine, Sacred, 56f.
  Piraeus, Attis in, 61.
  Plagiarism, 11.
  Plants, Sacred, in Egypt, 78.
  Plato, 265 n. 34.
  Platonists, 14.
  Pliny, 279 n. 69.
  Plutarch, 14, 75, 87, 90, 142, 152, 190.
  Pluto, chief of demons, 266 n. 37.
  Polemicists as source, 15.
  Pompeii, Frescoes of, 235 n. 58;
    Iseum at, 81.
  Pompey, 143.
  Porphyry, 93, 95, 152.
  Posidonius of Apamea, 164.
  Pozzuoli, 111;
    Serapeum of, 81;
    Syrians in, 108.
  Praetextatus, 208, 211;
    Catacombs of, 65, 226 n. 23;
    Epitaph of, 286 n. 23;
    Wife of, 282 n. 13.
  Priesthood, 41;
    in Egypt, 94;
    Oriental 32.
  Proclus, 228 n. 41.
  _Prophetes_, 94.
  Prudentius, 66, 204, 282 n. 5.
  Psychological crisis, 27.
  Ptolemy, 164, 170, 182.
  Ptolemy Euergetes, 79.
  Ptolemy Soter, 74, 79.
  Purification, 64; in Mazdaism, 156.
  Purity, 209;
    Conception of, 234 n. 49, 249 n.

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