Answer of the oracle of Delphi as to the best religion, 167.

Theory of the oracles in the 'De Divinatione' of Cicero, 368, and note.

Van Dale's denial of their supernatural character, 374.

Books of oracles burnt under the republic and empire, 447, and note

Origen, his desire for martyrdom, i. 391

Orphanotrophia, in the early Church, ii. [32]

Otho, the Emperor, his suicide, i. 219.

Opinion of his contemporaries of his act, 219, note

Ovid, object of his “Metamorphoses,” i. 166.

His condemnation of suicide, 213, and note.