CONGRES INTERNATIONAL D'HISTOIRE DES RELIGIONS. 4] 
municated the results of a recent journey which he had 
made in Pontus. Zeus Stratios is a divinity of the natives 
of that district. 
At the third sitting of this section the connection between 
Greek mythology and Biblical history again came to the 
fore, and it was again a communication from the Abbé 
Fourriere, who wished to show, in a note upon the 
signification of the number 50, a connection between 
Greek mythology and the history of the prophet Eljah 
and the tribe of Dan. 
Next came the turn of pagan ideas in Christianity, the 
first being a communication upon the pagan religious beliefs 
found in the Divine Comedy of Dante, and the second some 
remarks by M. A. Audollent, of Clermont-Ferrand, who 
demonstrated the survival of pagan ideas in the Latin 
literature of Christian Africa in the 6th century, especially 
in the works of the poets Luxorius and Dracontius. As to 
the cause of this, it was probably due to the school of the 
Arians, or because it was a neutral ground with regard to 
the Vandals. 
A kindred subject was that of the paper read by M. 
Toutain, entitled “ La Solidarité entre le Culte de la Madonne 
et le Culte d’Astarte,” by M. Hugo de Lomnitz. He added 
to this a short account of the results of the excavations 
carried on at Mont-Saint-Bernard, from which it was 
manifest that the original Gaulish worship on that spot 
had been followed by a Roman cult, which, in its turn, had 
given place to the Christian cult, represented by that 
celebrated hospice. 
The last paper read in the section was by M. Derenbourg, 
und was of less general interest. It treated of the words 
Taurobole and Criobole, in which he explained the ending bole 
as a Grecised form of the word Baal or Bel. These two 
words signified therefore respectively “bull” and “ram of 
Baal.” A recent Himyaritic inscription, he said, gave the 
word Shur-Baalam, meaning “bull of Baal.” 
SECTION H.— Christianity. 
This section sat under the presidency of M. Sabatier, and 
takes up more space in the compte-rendu than any of the 
sections. I do not intend, therefore, to speak of all the 
papers read, as that might make this portion of my report of 
