Mâ, 263. Macaria, 141. Magic, lacking in Homer, 24. Magna Mater. See Great Mother of the Gods. Manes, 228. Marcus Aurelius, 78, 188, 204 f.; _Reflections_, II, 2: 201; IV, 41: 201; IV, 23: 256; VI, 44: 199. Marius, 246. Mars, 226, 233, 237. Matter, 166 ff., 172 f., 215 ff., 331, 332, 338. Matthew: _Gospel_, 302 f.; IV, 17: 306; V, 43-48, 44-45: 304, 305; XVI, 13-20: 308; XXII, 37: 305; XXVI, 63: 308. Mark: _Gospel_, 302 f.; VIII, 27-30: 308; XI, 25; XII, 30: 305; XIV, 61: 308. Megara, 42, 75, 145. Menander, 236. Mercury, 230, 232, 233. Mercy, attribute of gods, 106. Messiah, 212, 308, 311. Messianic hopes, 301. Metempsychosis, 56 ff., 61. Miletus, 42, 43. Mind, as formative principles, 123 f. Minerva, 222, 224, 225, 230, 232, 233, 237. Minoan Age, 3. Mithras, 264, 267, 277 ff.; chapels, 280 f.; communion, 282 f.; destruction of world, 284; dualism, 279; ethics, 280; final judgment, 284; identified with sun, 279; initiation, 281 f.; popularity, 277 f.; religion, origin and history, 277 f.; resurrection of body, 284; rewards and punishments, 283 f. Mommsen, Theodor, 223. Monotheism, Christian, 356. Morality, 20 f., 35, 45, 60, 72, 156 ff., 169, 177, 184 f., 188 ff., 201 f., 213, 219, 249, 251 ff., 268, 279 f., 291, 305 f., 314 f., 334, 340, 345 ff. Multiplicity and unity, 120 ff. Murder, 45. Musonius, 199. Mycenaean Age, 3. Mystae, 67. Mysteries: not mentioned in Homer, 18; Bacchic at Rome, 239 f.; Eleusinian, 62 ff., 116; Oriental, 268 ff., 289 f.; influence on Christianity, 353 f. μυσταγωγός, 353. μυστήριον, 65, 353. Mystery religions, 52 ff., 62 ff., 268 ff. Mysticism, in later Greek philosophy, 214 ff. Naevius, 234, 235. Nature, in Stoicism: 191, 196. Neoplatonism, 206 ff.; 214 ff. Neopythagoreanism, 206 ff. Neptunus, 230, 233. Nestle, quoted, 134. New Testament: three stages of Christianity represented therein, 301 f. Nigidius Figulus, 206. νοῦς, 123, 152, 215, 217, 219, 339. Numa, 227.