[7]. The development of these mysteries has been well expounded by Hepding, pp. 177 ff. (see Gruppe, Gr. Myth., p. 1544).—Ramsay has recently commented upon inscriptions of Phrygian mystics, united by the knowledge of certain secret signs (τέκμωρ); cf. Studies in the Eastern Roman Provinces, 1906, pp. 346 ff.
[8]. Dig., XLVIII, 8, 4, 2: "Nemo liberum servumve invitum sinentemve castrare debet." Cf. Mommsen, Strafrecht, p. 637.
[9]. Diodorus, XXXVI, 6; cf. Plutarch, Marius, 17.
[10]. Cf. Hepding, op. cit., p. 142.
[11]. Cf. chap. VI.
[12]. Wissowa, op. cit., p. 291.
[13]. Hepding, op. cit., pp. 145 ff. Cf. Pauly-Wissowa, Realenc., s. v. "Dendrophori," V, col. 216 and Suppl., col, 225, s. v. "Attis."
[14]. Cf. Tacitus, Annales, XI, 15.
[15]. This opinion has recently been defended by Showerman, Classical Journal, II, 1906, p. 29.
[16]. Frazer, The Golden Bough, II2, pp. 130 ff.