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[9] initia: technically used only of the mysteries of Demeter (cf. Varr. RR 3.I.5initia vocantur potissimum ea quae Cereri fiunt sacra” ), but here of the symbol of the secret worship of Cybele, perhaps by reason of the popular confusion of Cybele with Demeter.


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