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Taylor - Eleusianian and Bacchic Mysteries.pdf - Platonic Philosophy

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&quot;&quot;Mre****&amp;lt;Venus Hieing from the Sea.APPENDIX.SINCE writing the above Dissertation, Ihave met with a curious Greek manuscript entitled : Of Psellus, ConcerningDcemons,* according to the opinion of theGreeks: TOO iFsXXoo Ttva Trspi ScaptovcovSo^aCo jacv EXXvjvsc In the course of whichhe describes the machinery of the Eleusinian<strong>Mysteries</strong> as follows : A Ss yT(OV, otov aoTiy-a ta EXsoaivia, TOVea [J.IYVJJJ.SVOVATJJJLTJ-%at TTJ8 jyaispsi7C(OC Y]TCVCOV*DflBmons, divinities, spirits ;a term formerly applied to allrational beings, good or bad, other than mortals.229

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