825 Helios; cf. 161 D. The whole passage implies the identification of Attis with nature, and of the world‐soul with Helios; cf. 162 A where Attis is called “Nature,” φύσις. 826 cf. 170 D, 168 C; Sallust, _On the Gods and the World_ 4. 16. 1. 827 cf. 171 A; Sallust also identifies Gallus with the Milky Way, 4. 14. 25. 828 ἑαυτὸ Shorey suggests, τοῦτο Hertlein, MSS. 829 λέγομεν Petavius suggests, lacuna Hertlein, MSS. 830 τε Hertlein suggests. 831 τὰς Hertlein suggests. 832 μὲν Hertlein suggests, γε MSS. 833 κρείττων Hertlein suggests, κρεῖττον MSS. 834 ἢ ὅτε Shorey, ὅτε Hertlein, MSS. 835 προüφεστῶσαν Hertlein suggests, προεστῶσαν MSS. 836 τῇ δὲ Hertlein suggests, τῇ MSS. 837 φησιν ὁ μῦθος Hertlein suggests, φησι MSS. 838 A finite verb _e.g._ φαίνεται is needed to complete the construction. 839 καὶ Friederich, πέπεικε Hertlein, MSS. 840 cf. 170 D, 179 D. 841 _i.e._ Zeus. 842 Hence she is the counterpart of Athene, cf. 179 A. Athene is Forethought among the intellectual gods; Cybele is Forethought among the intelligible gods and therefore superior to Athene; cf. 180 A. 843 The Corybantes were the Phrygian priests of Cybele, who at Rome were called Galli. 844 The Asiatic deities, especially Cybele, are often represented holding lions, or in cars drawn by them. cf. Catullus 63. 76, _juncta juga resolvens Cybele leonibus_, “Cybele unharnessed her team of lions”; she sends a lion in pursuit of Attis, cf. 168 B; Porphyry, _On the Cave of the Nymph_ 3. 2. 287 calls the sign of the lion “the dwelling of Helios.” 845 _Iliad_ 10. 23 λέοντος αἴθωνος. 846 cf. _Oration_ 4. 145 C. 847 A finite verb is needed to complete the construction. For the anacoluthon cf. 167 D. 848 καὶ διὰ Hertlein suggests, καὶ MSS. 849 A pine sacred to Attis was felled on March 22nd; cf. Frazer, _Attis, Adonis and Osiris_, p. 222. 850 cf. 171 C, 175 A. 851 March 23rd. 852 March 24th was the date of the castration of the Galli, the priests of Attis. 853 On March 25th the resurrection of Attis and the freeing of our souls from generation (γένεσις) was celebrated by the feast of the Hilaria. 854 ἡγεμόνας Shorey, cf. 170 A, B, ἡμῶν Hertlein, MSS. 855 αὐτὰς Hertlein suggests, αὐτὰ MSS. 856 169 D‐170 C is a digression on the value of myths, which the wise man is not to accept without an allegorising interpretation; cf. _Oration_ 7. 216 C. 857 τελευταίας αἰτίας Hertlein suggests, τελευταίας MSS. 858 In 167 D Attis was identified with the light of the moon; cf. _Oration_ 4. 150 A; where the moon is called the lowest of the spheres, who gives form to the world of matter that lies below her; cf. Sallust, _On the Gods and the World_ 4. 14. 23; where Attis is called the creator of our world. 859 προκαλεῖται Hertlein suggests, προσκαλεῖται MSS.