DISQUISITIONS

UPON THE

PAINTED GREEK VASES,

AND

THEIR PROBABLE CONNECTION WITH THE

SHOWS OF THE ELEUSINIAN AND OTHER
MYSTERIES.

BY JAMES CHRISTIE,

A MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF DILETTANTI.

LONDON:

PUBLISHED BY LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, BROWN, AND GREEN,

PATERNOSTER-ROW.

LONDON:

Printed by A. & R. Spottiswoode,

New-Street-Square.

Λαμπρὸν ἄγων φάος ἁγνόν. ONOMACR. Hymn. v. ver. 8. "Εοικε γὰρ ὁ Λαμπτήρ τῷ περιέχοντι τὴν ψυχὴν σώματι; φῶς γὰρ ἐσιν ἢ ἐντὸς ψυχή. — PLUTARCH. Rom. Quæst. 72.