—— writers on the worship of Adonis, v. 223 sq.
Greeks sacrifice pregnant victims to ensure fertility, i. 141;
their belief in the homoeopathic magic of precious stones, i. 164 sq.;
rain-making ceremonies among, i. 272 sq.;
used branches of buckthorn to protect houses against sorcerers and spirits, ii. 191;
their dread of noon, iii. 88;
their use of magical wax figures, ix. 47
——, the ancient, their ceremonies for procuring rain, i. 309 sq.;
their belief that the sun rode in a chariot, i. 315;
sacrificed to the winds, i. 330 n.;