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grbs-8341	Demand, Nancy	Pindar’s Olympian 2, Theron’s Faith, and Empedocles’ Katharmoi	1975	11	.pdf	application/pdf	4525	209	64	Despite the rather broad range of mystery cults which have at one time or another been accommodated under this title, even this designation does not seem to be justified in this case. A parallel argument would seem to apply to the modern use of the term 'Orphic': though it may be more natural and convenient for us in our ignorance to lump together the mystery cults indiscrimi­ nately under the labels 'Orphic' or 'Pythagorean', we are more true to the actual historical situation-to the multiplicity and variety of mystery cults which swept the Greek world beginning in the archaic age31i-when we preserve the separateness and distinctiveness of these cults by refusing to apply the umbrella terms 'Orphic' or 'Pythag- II On connections between other specific cults and families, see M. P. Nilsson, Greek Popular Religion (New York 1940) 80-82.	cache/grbs-8341.pdf	txt/grbs-8341.txt