[Ads-l] Antedating of "Myth"

Shapiro, Fred fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
Mon Feb 1 13:00:17 UTC 2016


myth (OED 1830)

1825 _La Belle Assemble/e_ June (19th Century U.K. Periodicals)  It would be a work of much interest to trace the myths of Bacchus and Iacchus, clearly identified with Osiris and the Indian deities.


Fred Shapiro

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