the initiates
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On the Mysteries (Greek)
so the Prytanes decided to clear the meeting of non-initiates and themselves fetch the lad indicated by Pythonicus.
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On the Mysteries
Religious status group relevant to hearing or witnessing the Mysteries.
so the Prytanes decided to clear the meeting of non-initiates and themselves fetch the lad indicated by Pythonicus.
and at the same time you are here as initiates who have witnessed the rites of the Two Goddesses, in order that you may punish those who are guilty of impiety and protect those who are innocent.
It was therefore publicly resolved that such members of the court of the Thesmothetae as were initiates should be presented with the informations of the several claimants and decide between them.
Stromata
An unnamed mystical/esoteric tradition ('the initiates') credited with particular claims about Moses' hidden name and powers.
And he had also a third name in heaven, after his assumption, as the initiates say, Melchi.
And the initiates say that he slew the Egyptian by a word alone, just as later Peter, in the Acts, is recorded as having killed by a word those who had embezzled the price of the land and lied.