[876]. Op. cit. I. p. 175, Fig. 10, where some of the guests at the banquet wear the masks of crows and other animals corresponding to the Mithraic degrees.
[877]. Justin Martyr, First Apology, c. LVI.
[878]. Cumont, T. et M. II. Pl VIII, shows this most clearly. Pl. V (Neuenheim), Fig 213, opposite p. 337 (Virunum), and p. 278, Fig. 121 (Orsova), leave no doubt possible.
[879]. Cumont, op. cit. I. p. 178, and Fig. 11.
[880]. The Juppiter Optimus Maximus of the Palazzo Altieri. Op. cit. II. p. 104.
[881]. Darmesteter, Ormuzd et Ahriman, p. 65.
[882]. Porphyry, de antro nympharum, c. XXIV.
[883]. Op. cit. cc. V. VI.
[884]. Plutarch, de Is. et Os. c. XLVI.
[885]. Porphyry, de antro nymph. c. XXIV.