eul_wid: skw-au
DOI 10.5281/zenodo.20335421

Fragments on Sacred Rites by Erotic Narrative Anonymous

Sacred Rites is a damaged prose fragment with omens, fire, and a reed-pipe. The heading says rites; the author-slot says erotic adespota.

It is this scrap as filed, not Eleusis as a reconstructed cult-book.

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