flutes played in the laments for, v. 225 n. 3;
the ascension of, v. 225;
images of, thrown into the sea or springs, v. 225, 227 n. 3, 236;
born from a myrrh-tree, v. 227, vi. 110;
bewailed by Argive women, v. 227 n.;
analogy of his rites to Indian and European ceremonies, v. 227;
his death and resurrection interpreted as representations of the decay and revival of vegetation, v. 227 sqq.;
interpreted as the sun, v. 228;
interpreted by the ancients as the god of the reaped and sprouting corn, v. 229;
as a corn-spirit, v. 230 sqq.;