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 Bees bred from hornets and sun — Columella : Of Hus- 

 bandry 2^7 



"An olive tret'" —Homer : Odys., xiii. 123. Bryant's 



trans 268 



" The priestesses of Ceres " — Porphyry : On the Cave 



of tJie Ny^nphs i68 



"Above all, venerate " — Virg. : Geor.fx 269 



Sacrifices to Ceres. Athenaeus tells us — Heraclides the 

 Syracusan, in his treatise on Laws, says, that in Syra- 

 cuse on the principal day of the Thesmophorion festi- 

 val (held in honor of Ceres) cakes in the form of the 

 female pudendum are made of sesame and honey, and 

 are used tliroughout all Sicily, being carried about as 

 offerings to the goddess. This recalls certain mar- 

 riage observances of the ancient Hindus 269 



Ceres' priestess torn to pieces — Menzel : Myth. Forsch. 269 

 " The Moon likewise " — Forphyiy : Ott the Cave of the 



Nyinphs 269 



" O blest son " — Pindar: Pyth.fw 270 



Apollo's oldest temple — Pausanias : The Descrip. of 



Greece^ bk. x. 5 270 



Apollo the god of the bees — Menzel : Myth. Forsch. . 270 



According to Hawk's Peruv. Antiq., p. 198, " Honey was 

 offered up to the sun by the ancient Peruvians." 



"Single out four choice bulls" — Virg. : Geor., iv. . . 271 



" Some have alleged " — Ibid. 272 



Democritus promised resurrection — Gubernatis Zoologi- 

 cal Mythology ; Menzel: Myth. Forsch 273 



Alexander buried in honey — Menzel: Myth. Forsch. 



Monogr. d. B 274 



Whiston's Josephus — Rev. A. R. Shilleto, xiv. vii. 4 . 273 



"At once they mixed " — y^/ci//. 7?/?^,^., bk. iv. . . . 275 



"To Phrygia's steeps "— £'//;7)^. .• Ttie Bacchce . . . 276 



" The ivy wands " — Ibid. 276 



"And he set therein" — Iliad, xxiii. Lang, Leaf, and 



Myers 276 



