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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