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Ἱστίην. For the pre-eminence of Hestia cf. 68. 2; 127. 4; for a Scyth picture of her with the sacred fire cf. Reinach, A. R. M. p. 179. Rawlinson considers the worship to be elemental; this is slightly confirmed by C. I. G. iii. 6013 (found in Rome) where Apollo Oetosyrus is identified with the sun-god, Mithra. Nymphodorus (third century B. C., fr. 14; F. H. G. ii. 379) definitely says the Sauromatae were fire-worshippers; cf. also i. 216. 4 (the Massagetae). H. gives no native names for Heracles, who may be a Greek addition, or for Ares. For Aphrodite cf. i. 105. 2 n. ‘Artimpasa’ is found on two dedications at Tusculum (C. I. G. iii. 6014).

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