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The Eleusinian and Bacchic Mysteries: Appendix

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Since writing the above Dissertation, I have met with a curious Greek manuscript entitled: “Of Psellus, Concerning Dæmons, * according to the opinion of the Greeks”: του Ψελλου τινα περι δαιμονων δοξαζουσιν Ἑλληνες: In the course of which he describes the machinery of the Eleusinian Mysteries as follows:—Ἁ δε γε μυστηρια τουτων, οἱον αυτικα τα Ελευσινια, τον μυϑικον ὑποκρινεται δια μιγνυμενον τῃ δηοι, ἢ τῃ Δημητερι, και τῃ Θυγατερει ταυτης Φερσεφαττῃ τῃ και Κορη. Επειδη δε εμελλον και…

The Eleusinian and Bacchic Mysteries: Appendix

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