The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Third Edition, Vol. 12 of 12)

by James George Frazer

—— mysteries, vii. 35 sqq.;

presided over by the king, i. 44;

sacred marriage of Zeus and Demeter in the, ii. 138 sq., vii. 65 sqq., viii. 9;

origin of, told in the Homeric Hymn to Demeter, vii. 35 sqq.;

instituted by Demeter, vii. 37;

the myth of Demeter and Persephone acted at the, vii. 39, 66, 187 sq.;

date of the celebration of the, vii. 69 sq.;

said to be instituted by Eumolpus, vii. 70;

great antiquity of the, vii. 78 sq.;

hope of immortality associated with initiation into the, vii. 90 sq.;