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 JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY kava laurel love-apple Macrobius Maenads magic male Maleates mandragora mandrake meaning medical garden medicine Melanesian mistletoe mouse mugwort Myth mythology oak-tree 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