A Classical Dictionary: Containing an Account of the Principal Proper Names Mentioned in Ancient Authors, and Intended to Elucidate All the Important Points Connected with the Geography, History, Biography, Mythology, and Fine Arts of the Greeks and Romans Together with an Account of Coins, Weights, and Measures, with Tabular Values of the Same |
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Strona 46
Perhaps this is not far from the sense in which Strabo distinguishes the sacred
from the drine animals. Thus, in the nome of Arsinoë, where crocOdiles were
sacred, one of this species was kept in the temple and worshipped as a god. He
was ...
Perhaps this is not far from the sense in which Strabo distinguishes the sacred
from the drine animals. Thus, in the nome of Arsinoë, where crocOdiles were
sacred, one of this species was kept in the temple and worshipped as a god. He
was ...
Strona 159
So also, when Apis died, a red steer, and two or three other animals that were
deemed sacred to Typhon, were buried along with him, in order to thwart the joy
which the evil spirits would otherwise have felt at the death of the sacred Apis.
So also, when Apis died, a red steer, and two or three other animals that were
deemed sacred to Typhon, were buried along with him, in order to thwart the joy
which the evil spirits would otherwise have felt at the death of the sacred Apis.
Strona 464
But to return to the mysteries: the garments in which the new-comers were
initiated were held sacred, and of no less efficacy to avert evils than charms and
incantations. From this circumstance, therefore, they were never lest off before
they ...
But to return to the mysteries: the garments in which the new-comers were
initiated were held sacred, and of no less efficacy to avert evils than charms and
incantations. From this circumstance, therefore, they were never lest off before
they ...
Strona 920
They were celebrated at Olympia, a sacred spot on the banks of the Alpheus,
near Elis, every fifth year. The exact interval at which they recurred was one of
forty-nine and fifty lunar months alternately; so that the celebration sometimes fell
in ...
They were celebrated at Olympia, a sacred spot on the banks of the Alpheus,
near Elis, every fifth year. The exact interval at which they recurred was one of
forty-nine and fifty lunar months alternately; so that the celebration sometimes fell
in ...
Strona 1035
Philip was now enabled to terminate the Sacred War, of which he had been
invited to take the command, by the general voice of the Amphictyonic assembly.
(Wid. Phocis.) Having passed Thermopylae without opposition, he entered
Phocis at ...
Philip was now enabled to terminate the Sacred War, of which he had been
invited to take the command, by the general voice of the Amphictyonic assembly.
(Wid. Phocis.) Having passed Thermopylae without opposition, he entered
Phocis at ...
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| Tytuł | A Classical Dictionary: Containing an Account of the Principal Proper Names Mentioned in Ancient Authors, and Intended to Elucidate All the Important Points Connected with the Geography, History, Biography, Mythology, and Fine Arts of the Greeks and Romans Together with an Account of Coins ... |
| Autor | Charles Anthon |
| Wydawca | Harper, 1847 |
| W formie oryginalnej | Uniwersytet Illinois w Urbanie i Champaign |
| W formie cyfrowej | 6 Lut 2015 |
| Liczba stron | 1458 |
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