[20] Cf. also P. Wendland, “Ztschr. Hermes,” xxxiii., 1898, 175 sqq., and Robertson, op. cit., 138, note 1. [↑]

[21] In the same way the Phrygian Attis, whose name characterises him as himself the “father,” was also honoured as the “son,” beloved and spouse of Cybele, the mother Goddess. He thus varied between a Father God, the high King of Heaven, and the divine Son of that God. [↑]

[22] Frazer, op. cit., iii. 138–200. Cf. also Robertson, “Pagan Christs,” 136–140. [↑]

[23] Keim, “Geschichte Jesu,” 1873, 331 note. [↑]

[24] Ghillany, op. cit., 510 sqq. [↑]

[25] Id. 505. [↑]

[26] [2 Sam. xxi. 9]; cf. [Lev. xxiii. 10–14]. [↑]

[27] “Hist.,” xviii. 7. [↑]

[28] [2 Kings iii. 27]. [↑]

[29] “Hist. Nat.,” xxxiv. 4, § 26. [↑]