The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism [1911] - Get a Free Blog

Sacrifice, Human, 119.
Sagittarius, 173.
Salvation, xxiii, 33, 40, 43.
Sanctuary, Right of, 250 n. 49.
Sanctus, (Mithra), 157.
Sassanides, 135, 140; Court of
the, 141.
Satan, Ahriman and, 153, 266 n.
36.
Saturn, 172; Baal and, 21.
Saviour, 223 n. 36.
Scaevola, 6, 35.
Science, 43; and faith, 32, 34;
and the priesthood, 32; Chris
tians opposed to, 283 n. 17;
Magic a, i83f.
Sciences, Astrology queen of, 162.
Scipio Nasica, 47.
Scopas, 76.
Seleucides, 62, 121, 128, 138.
Seleucus,
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256 n. 67; Callinicus,
Semele and Isis, 89.
Semitic paganism, 116; religions,
Diffusion of the, iiiff.
Seneca, 217 n. 17.
Senses, Influence of Oriental re
ligions on, 28ff., 43.
Septizonia, 164.
Serapis, x, 22, 73ff., 126; chief
of demons, 266 n. 37.
Serpent sacred to ^Esculapius, 173.
Set, 98.
Severi, 140, 167, 196.
Severus of Antioch, 233 n. 33.
Sextus Empiricus, 167.
Shamash and Mithra, 146.
Showcrman, xlv, 225 n. 15.
Sibylline oracles, 233 n. 34.
Sibyls, 46.
Sicily, Slave revolution in, 105.
Siderial immortality, 254 n. 64,
worship, 133, 251 n. 57, 254 n.
64. See also "Stars."
Signa Memphitica, 233 n. 35.
Simios and Mercury, 123.
Sky, 208. See "Caelus."
Slave revolution in Sicily, 105.
Sol im ictus, 114, 146, 205; sanc-
tissimus, 249 n. 47.
INDEX. 297
Soldiers of fate, xx; Faith of
Syrian, 112; Persian cult spread
by, 149-
Souls, Abode of, in the stars, 125,
159, 269 n. 54, 287 n. 25;
Abode of, in the earth, 159;
Clothing of, 269 n. 54.
Sources, nff.
Spear, Sacred, 67.
Species, Variation of, 25.
Spencer, Herbert, 222 n. 34.
Spirit imprisoned in matter, 43.
Spring of water, 239 n. 90.
Stars, 129; Deified, 199; Soul in
the, 125, 159, 269 n. 54, 287
n. 25.
Steer the author of creation, 68.
Stoics, 14, 148, 167, 171, 177, 180,
214 n. 6; Philosophy of, xx.
Stolistes, 94, 96, 97.
Stones, Worship of, 116. See
also "Litholatry."
Strabo, 32, 122, 145, 247 n. 41.
Strategus, God a, 214 n. 6.
Sulla, 54, Si.
Sun, Supreme,
im ictus."
133. See also "Sol
Superstition, 36, 277 n. 58.
Snpplicium, The term, 219 n. 6.
Symmai-hus, xxiv, 204, 211.
Sympathy, 171, 194.
SyiR-sius, Hymns of, 260 n. 89.
Syria, Isis in, 79.
Syrian goddess, 14, 104.
Syrians in Italy, io6f.
Tabu, 120, 157.
Taurobolium, xviii, 66, 198, 206,
208; compared to baptism, 70.
Trtrabiblos, 170, 182, 271 n. 5.
Thasos, Attis in, 61.
Thaumaturgus, 188.
Thebes, Scpulchers of, 99.
Tlicmistius, 200.
Theodore of Mtipsm-stia, 153.
Theology, 33; and astrology, 175,
260 n. 89; of the Egyptian mys
teries, 90; of the magi, 268 n.
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