gardens of Adonis charms to promote the growth of, v. 236 sq., 239;
Midsummer fires and couples in relation to, v. 250 sq.;
Attis as a god of, v. 277 sqq.;
Osiris as a god of, vi. 112, 126, 131, 158;
decay and growth of, conceived as the death and resurrection of gods, vii. 1 sq.;
Mars a deity of, ix. 229 sq.;
outworn deity of, ix. 231;
processions representing spirits of, ix. 250;
spirit of, burnt in effigy, xi. 21 sq.;
reasons for burning a deity of, xi. 23;