Easter, gardens of Adonis at, in Sicily, i. 253 sq.;
resemblance of the festival of, to the rites of Adonis, 254 sqq., 306;
the festival of, assimilated to the spring festival of Attis, 306 sqq.;
controversy between Christians and pagans as to the origin of, 309 sq.
“Eater of the Dead,” fabulous Egyptian monster, ii. [14]
Eclipse of the moon, Athenian superstition as to an, ii. [141]
Eden, the tree of life in, i. 186 n. 4
Edom, the kings of, i. 15;
their bones burned by the Moabites, ii. [104]