The Ascent of Olympus

A. B. Cook Abella Adonis all-heal amongst ancient antiquity Aphrodite Apollo and Artemis appears apple apple-town apple-tree Artemis Artemisia Asklepios Bacchae Balder bearded belief called Celts chewing connection Cult of Apollo cure Cyprus deities Delphi derived Dionysos Dioscorides Dryope early eius evidence explain female fire-stick follows fruit garden of Apollo Gerarde goddess Greek Hekaté herb herbalists herbals Hermes honey human form identification instance Janus JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY kava laurel love-apple Macrobius Maenads magic male Maleates mandragora mandrake meaning medical garden medicine Melanesian mistletoe mouse mugwort Myth mythology origin parallel Parjanyas Parkinson Perikionios Perkun plant Pliny primitive quae reference religion ritual root sacred sanctity sky-god smilax Soma spring-wort statement story suggested supposed Taygetus tells thou thunder Thunder-god tradition tree vegetable Venus vine virtues witch woodpecker wort Zeus δὲ ἐν καὶ τε τὴν τῆς τὸ τὸν τοῦ τῶν