M&D pg. 350 (question)

dennis grace amazing at mail.utexas.edu
Thu May 22 09:16:24 CDT 1997


>What deity is it that Herodotus refuses to say?

Hmmm.  Could be several, actually.  I'd opt for Herodotus' description of
Dionysiac rituals (Book II) which H attributes to the cult of
Osiris--without ever naming Osiris.
Dennis Grace
University of Texas at Austin
English Department
Assistant Instructor
Recovering Medievalist

"But to return to madness."  --Jonathan Swift's Grub-Street Hack, _A Tale of
a Tub_




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