Mitchell, Sir Arthur, on a barbarous cure for murrain in Scotland, x. 326

Mithr, Armenian fire-god, x. 131 n. 3

Mithra, Persian deity, popularity of his worship in the Rotnan Empire, v. 301 sq.;

identified with the Unconquered Sun, v. 304;

his nativity on December 25th, v. 304

Mithraic mysteries, initiation into the, xi. 277

—— religion a rival to Christianity, v. 302;

festival of Christmas borrowed from the, v. 302 sqq.

—— sacrifice of bull, viii. 10

Mithridates, his siege of Cyzicus, viii. 95 n. 2