GENERAL INDEX
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Lawson, J. C. (John Cuthbert)
festivals of, 228–230;
identified with Adonis, 599;
identified with Hades, 585, 599;
in scenes on sepulchral monuments, 598 f.;
marriage of the ‘queen’ with, 583;
mystic rites of, 582
Dioscuri, 286
Dipylon-cemetery, excavations in, 494
Dirges, 347;
character of modern, 549;
examples of modern, 546 ff.;
purpose of, 519, 549
Diseases, caused by demons, 22
Dishonesty of Greeks, 31
Disintegration (see Dissolution)
Dissolution, and absolution, 401;
best secured by cremation, 502;
desire for, a feature of Pelasgian religion, 524;
distinguished from annihilation, 525, 538;
summary of ancient views concerning, 526;
time required for, 486 ff.;
why desired, 515 ff.
Divination, at weddings, 326;
by chance words, 303 ff.;
by lot, 303;
by sacrifice, 264, 318;
‘domestic,’ 327;
from birds (see also Auspices), 308 ff.;
from breast-bone of fowl, 327;
from chance words, in antiquity, 305;
from demeanour of victim, 326;
from eggs, 331;
from involuntary movements of limbs, etc., 329;
from meetings on the road, 306;
from pig’s spleen, 325;
from sheep’s shoulder-blade, 321 ff.;
from sieves, 331;
from water, 332 f.;
methods of, compared, 298;
suggested divisions of, 298;