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pertinent auctorum testimonia, qui mysteriorum flagitia vitu-
perant; v. Ambros. virg. 14. 16 (Mi. XVI 193): (prgia Liberi),
ubi reiigionis mysterium est incentivum libidinis; Liv. 29. 13;
Val. Max. VI 37; Gruppe Griech. Myth. 1423. Ex sacris
agrestibus deinde ortus esse videtur 6 leQog ydftog Cereris, quem
in mysteriis imitabantur; v. Jong Mysteriemv. 22sqq. *.

Similiter in Cereris et Proserpinae honorem Thesmophoria
cum lascivia celebrabantur, (v.a&b Ttaqa %bv %ov otioqov vuiqov
tt]v koovrjv awrjg ayovot, Cornutus Theol. c. 28 p. 55 Lang;
Nilsson Griech. Feste 320 sqq.), ytvofieva naqa 'AQ-rjvaiotg, ev
olg TtQo%L9-t%at (Rohdius supplevit Tteftfiata) uioyvvuig uvdQeiutg
Ioivotu, jteQt wv dtrjyovvzai wg TtQog ovvS-rjfia zfjg %wv dvd-Qw-
ttwv OTtoQag yevoftevwv . . . VTtoftvrjfia de zou itdd-ovg fj zoiavztj
eoQtij. ev zamjj v.at %eXezij %tg eiadye%at yvvutxwv ev EXevotvt,
v,ai Ttaidtal leyovrut jtoXXai val oy.wfif.iuTU. uovai de yvvutxeg
eiojtoQevoftevut ert' adeiag eyovotv a @ovXovtui Xeyetv. xul drj za
a'ioytOTa dXXijXatg Xeyovot %6%e. dvacpwvovot de JtQog dXXrjXag
ndoat al yvvaiveg aioyQcc v.cci doeftva fiaOTccCovoai tTdrj owftccTWV
(Eohdius legi vult oyr^udzwv) ttTtQeitfj dvdQetd te vai yvvatveia
xzX. Schol. in Lucian. dial. meretr. VII 4 p. 279, 25 ed Rabe;
cf. etiam scbol. in dial. meretr. II 1; Rohde Kl. Schr. II 365;
cf. Theodoret. cur. Gr. off. III 152: Tbv v.zeva zbv yvvataetov
ev zolg deOftocpoQtotg jtaQcc %wv %e%eXeoftevwv ziftijg d^tovftevov.
Athen XIV 56; Apollod. I 5. 1. Cum eis sacris consentiunt
denique Liberalia Romae celebrata, de quorum turpitudine
Aug. civ. D. VII 21. 24 verba fecit.

1 Etiam illud (s, xve ad generationem refert Procl. in Platonis Tim.
239 C; v. Dieterich Mithraslitnrgie 214; Jong 1. c. 22 sqq.; cf. Aug. c. D. IV 11.