The Greeks in Bactria and India c10.s3.119

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⁶ The idea of a cult of the empty throne was started by W. Reichel in *Vorhellenischen Götterkulten* for Mycenean times and strongly contested by H. von Fritze, *Rh. Mus.* LV, 1900, p. 588 (see however Usener's note pp. 602-3). Then H. Herter, *Rh. Mus.* LXXIV, 1925, p. 164 sought to extend the idea to Hellenistic times, citing the Alexander-tent and the *pompe* of Ptolemy II. I doubt if he proved his point; but it is not really material to me here. See further L. R. Farnell, *JHS* XLIX, 1929, p. 79; A. Alföldi, *Röm. Mitt.* L, 1935, p. 134.