[436]. Dieterich, op. cit., p. 197 ss.
[437]. Punishment by fire is mentioned for the first time in Philodemos, Περὶ θεῶν, XIX, 16 ss. Philodemos being a Syrian, it is not unlikely that this tenet is of Oriental origin. Cf. Diels, Abhandl. Akad. Berlin, 1916, p. 80, n. 3.
[438]. See above, Introd., pp. 8, 17 s., and Lecture II, p. 83.
[439]. Herodotus, II, 123.
[440]. The Druses have even preserved the ancient doctrine that the number of souls is always the same in the world. Cf. Silvestre de Sacy, Religion des Druses, 1838, II, p. 459.
[441]. Dussaud, Les Nosaïris, Paris, 1900, p. 120 ss.
[442]. See above, Lecture III, p. 101.
[443]. Cf. Lucian, Alex., 43.
[444]. Hermes Trismeg. ap. Stob., Ecl., I, 49, p. 398, 16 ss., Wachsmuth.
[445]. Tim. Locr., p. 104 E.