GENERAL INDEX
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Lawson, J. C. (John Cuthbert)
preyed upon by Gelloudes, 177;
preyed upon by Striges, 181;
stricken by Nereids, how treated, 145;
suspected of lycanthropy, how treated, 210
Chiron, 241 ff., 248;
as magician and prophet, 248 f.
Cholera, personified, 22
Christ, accepted as new deity by pagans, 41
‘Christian,’ popular usage of word, 66
Christianity, became polytheistic, 42;
and paganism, 36
Church, influenced by paganism, 572 f.
Churching of women, 20
Clement of Alexandria, on the Mysteries, 570, 572;
on rites of Aphrodite, 581
Clytemnestra, ghost of, 474
Cock, as victim, 326
Cocks, superstitions concerning, 195
Coin, as charm, 111;
placed in mouth of dead persons, 108, 405;
placed in mouth of dead persons, various substitutes for, 112
‘Comforting,’ feast of, 533
Common origin of gods and men, 65
Communion with gods, philosophers’ views of, 296
Conquering and conquered races, relations of, 244
Conservatism, religious, 95, 295, 337
‘Constantine and Areté’ (ballad), 391 f.
Continuity of Greek life and thought, 552
Convention, literary, 429
Corpse, re-animation of, 112 (see Re-animation, Resuscitation)
Corycian cave, 161
Courage of Greeks, 28
Cremation (see alsoFuneral-rites), 485 ff.;
ceremonial, 496, 512;
ceremonial substitute for, 491;
Christian attitude towards, 501;
combined with inhumation, 494;
disuse of, 501 f.;
for disposing of revenants in Ancient Greece, 416;
for disposing of vrykolakes, 411;