Albirûni, Arab geographer, on the Persian festival of the dead, vi. 68;
on the burning of effigies of Haman at Purim, ix. 393
Alchemy leads up to chemistry, i. 374
Alcheringa, remote legendary time of the Arunta, i. 88, 98, 102
Alcibiades of Apamea, his vision of the Holy Ghost, iv. 5 n. 3
Alcidamus wins Barce in a foot-race, ii. 300 sq.
Alcman on dew, vi. 137
Alcmena, her long travail with Hercules, iii. 298 sq.
Alcyonian Lake, Dionysus at the, vii. 15
Alder branches, sacrificial, viii. 232