Section I., Eleusinian Mysteries : * "The Eleusinian and Bacchic Mysteries", by Thomas Taylor, [1891], p. 31 THE ELEUSINIAN AND BACCHIC Dionysus as God of the Sun. SECTION I. Dr. Warburton, in his Divine Legation of Moses, has ingeniously proved, that the sixth book of Virgils neid represents some of the dramatic exhibitions...
Hymn Of Cleanthes : * "The Eleusinian and Bacchic Mysteries", by Thomas Taylor, [1891], HYMN OF CLEANTHES. Greatest of the gods, God with many names, God ever-ruling, and ruling all things! Zeus, origin of Nature, governing the universe by law, All hail! For it is right for mortals to address thee; For we are thy...
Dedication : * "The Eleusinian and Bacchic Mysteries", by Thomas Taylor, [1891], p. 2 Copyright 1891, By J. W. Bouton. The De Vinne Press. p. 3 TO MY OLD FRIEND BERNARD QUARITCH THE GREATEST BOOKSELLER OF ANCIENT OR MODERN TIMES THIS VOLUME IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED BY THE PUBLISHER p. 4 Bacchic Ceremonies. p...
Section Ii., Bacchic Mysteries : * "The Eleusinian and Bacchic Mysteries", by Thomas Taylor, [1891], p. 186 Psyche Asleep in Hades. p. 187 River Goddesses. SECTION II. The Dionysiacal sacred rites instituted by Orpheus, * depended on the following arcane narration, part of which has been already related in the preceding secti...
Title Page : * "The Eleusinian and Bacchic Mysteries", by Thomas Taylor, [1891], Eleusinian Ceremony.--Denkmler Sculptor. p. 1 THE ELEUSINIAN AND BACCHIC MYSTERIES. A DISSERTATION. BY THOMAS TAYLOR, TRANSLATOR OF "PLATO, PLOTINTUS, PORPHYRY, IAMBLICHUS, PROCLUS, ARISTOTLE," ETC., ETC. EDITED, WITH INTRODUCTI...
Orphic Hymns : * "The Eleusinian and Bacchic Mysteries", by Thomas Taylor, [1891], p. 238 Hercules Drunk. ORPHIC HYMNS. I shall utter to whom it is lawful; but let the doors be closed, Nevertheless, against all the profane. But do thou hear, Oh Musus, for I will declare what is true.... He is the One...
List Of Illustrations : * "The Eleusinian and Bacchic Mysteries", by Thomas Taylor, [1891], p. 248 Fortune and the Three Fates. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. DRAWN FROM THE ANTIQUE BY A. L. RAWSON. A description of the illustrations to this volume properly includes the two or three theories of human life held by the ancient...
Fable Is Loves World, Poem : * "The Eleusinian and Bacchic Mysteries", by Thomas Taylor, [1891], p. 8 Eleusinian Mysteries. p. 9 Bacchus. "Tis not merely The human beings pride that peoples space With life and mystical predominance, Since likewise for the stricken heart of Love This visible nature, and this common world Is...
Hymn To Minerva : * "The Eleusinian and Bacchic Mysteries", by Thomas Taylor, [1891], . , , * . . , , . , ...... p. 225 . . . , , , , *. , , . TO MINERVA. Daughter of gis-bearing Jove, divine, Propitious to thy votaries prayer incline; From thy great fathers fount supremely bright, Like fire resounding, leaping...
Untitled : * This is Thomas Taylor's essay on the ancient initiation rituals of Eleusis and Bacchus. Taylor (1758-1835) was an English Neoplatonist who was the first to translate Aristotle and Plato into English. His translation of the Orphic Hymns is also available at this site, among other works. The inner...
Glossary : * "The Eleusinian and Bacchic Mysteries", by Thomas Taylor, [1891], p. 241 Nymphs and Centaurs. GLOSSARY. "Aporrheta", Greek --The instructions given by the hierophant or interpreter in the Eleusinian Mysteries, not to be disclosed on pain of death. There was said to be a synopsis of them...
Appendix : * "The Eleusinian and Bacchic Mysteries", by Thomas Taylor, [1891], p. 229 Venus Rising from the Sea. APPENDIX. Since writing the above Dissertation, I have met with a curious Greek manuscript entitled: "Of Psellus, "Concerning Dmons, * according to the opinion of the Greeks":" : In the course...
Introduction : * "The Eleusinian and Bacchic Mysteries", by Thomas Taylor, [1891], p. 11 Prometheus. INTRODUCTION TO THE THIRD EDITION. In offering to the public a new edition of Mr. Thomas Taylors admirable treatise upon the Eleusinian and Bacchic Mysteries, it is proper to insert a few words of explanati...
