growing over the tomb of Osiris, [88]
Persephone, name applied to spring, ii. [41]
—— and Aphrodite, their contest for Adonis, i. 11 sq.
—— and Pluto, temple of, i. 205
Perseus, the virgin birth of, i. 302 n. 4
Persian reverence for fire, i. 174 sq.
—— festival of the dead, ii. [68]
Persian fire-worship and priests, 191
Personation of gods by priests, i. 45, 46 sqq.
Peru, earthquakes in, i. 202;