mysteria37, 63, 151, 181, 209, 284, 381,
386, 390 – 4, 401, 430
mythology 3–5, 11, 17–20, 25, 27, 31– 8,
42, 47, 61, 131, 133– 4, 142–3, 153,
176, 188 –98, 212–14, 217, 228, 233,
300, 315, 384 –5, 388 –90, 398 – 400,
406, 416 –18, 440, 451, 453, 458Na(ha)r 45
natalesof Constantinople 120
natalesof Rome 100, 120
nature 45, 52, 88, 113, 283, 288, 295,
325, 380, 383, 389, 458, 463
sanctuaries 208
Navigium Isidis124, 281
Nazareth Decree 14
necromancy 369
necropoleis33, 210, 221, 270, 419
neokoroi150, 153, 319, 324 – 6, 448
Neoplatonism 8, 97– 8, 113, 119, 384 – 6,
388 –9, 394
Neo-Pythagoreanism 6, 381–2
Neptunalia 179
New Testament 8, 98, 351, 455
New Year 120, 178, 194, 197, 213, 223,
307, 365, 370
night 77, 117, 263, 277, 283, 287, 308,
339
Nonae179, 339
Novatians 106
novendiale sacrum115, 296, 297
Novensides 14
numerology 381, 386, 389
numina20, 23, 81, 83, 84, 94, 113, 227,
233
nuncupatio votorum 312
nymphs 38, 190, 212–14, 280, 398
Nymphus(Mithraic grade) 393oaken wreath 79
oaths 50, 80, 90, 144 –5, 237, 239, 241–2,
247, 286, 308, 311–12, 315, 431,
434, 440
obnuntatio66, 435
October equus 264
offerings 35, 67, 101, 115, 120, 123, 153,
164 –5, 184, 189, 235, 237, 242,520 General Index263– 4, 266 –70, 275– 6, 279, 281,
283– 4, 340, 366
oinochoe 87
Old Testament 98, 347, 351, 356, 455
olives 383
Olympieion 85
omens 36, 43– 4, 66, 70, 80, 138, 140,
248, 266, 299–303, 336
mortis 301
One (Hen) 97, 113, 389–90
Opalia 179
Opiconsivia 179
oracles 103, 130, 217–18, 287, 292, 304,
350, 384 –5, 398, 446
oracula Chaldaica 388
orations 104, 116, 311, 318, 320 –1, 330
ordines39, 42, 280, 323, 329, 337
equestris 459
Orphism 382, 384 – 6
orthodoxy 23, 70, 105, 110, 119–20, 123,
384, 387
orthopraxy 58, 150
oscilla 192
ostenta293, 336
ostiarius 332
otium189, 192
owls 143, 295, 340
oxen 46, 48, 87, 173, 240, 281–2, 285,
334paganism 6, 17–18, 23, 92, 96 –9, 102–24,
163, 275, 315, 331, 346 –7, 350 –5,
358, 360, 362–3, 366, 369, 385– 6,
390 –1, 399, 406 –9, 413, 456,
459– 62, 471
pagus87, 89, 91
paideia317, 329
palaestra 189
pallium 408
Panathenaia 228
panem et circensis 233
Panhellenion 320, 321
pantheon 4 –5, 37, 54, 62, 69, 80, 84 – 8,
109, 112, 177, 181, 231, 283, 288,
361, 391, 439, 447, 463
Parentalia4, 32, 115
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