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... rites to their god Pleistorus1 : and there seem to be still stronger reasons for thinking that the Boo- tian and Phocian Thracians had nothing but the name in common with the subjects of Teres , the founder of the Odrysian monarchy ...
... rites to their god Pleistorus1 : and there seem to be still stronger reasons for thinking that the Boo- tian and Phocian Thracians had nothing but the name in common with the subjects of Teres , the founder of the Odrysian monarchy ...
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... rites and sacred songs . And it is satis- factory to find that all this , if not clearly ascertained , is at least consistent with the general tenor of ancient tradition . But even this is far from giving us a no- tion of the precise ...
... rites and sacred songs . And it is satis- factory to find that all this , if not clearly ascertained , is at least consistent with the general tenor of ancient tradition . But even this is far from giving us a no- tion of the precise ...
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... rites of Demeter.2 To them too was ascribed the dis- covery of the springs , or the wells , which relieved the natural aridity of a part of the Argive soil . Before Herodotus , Eschylus had exhibited on the Attic stage the tragical fate ...
... rites of Demeter.2 To them too was ascribed the dis- covery of the springs , or the wells , which relieved the natural aridity of a part of the Argive soil . Before Herodotus , Eschylus had exhibited on the Attic stage the tragical fate ...
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... rites , but even of the first element of civil society , the institution of marriage 3 ; whence it may be reasonably inferred , that the savage natives learned from him all the arts necessary to civilised life . But , notwith- standing ...
... rites , but even of the first element of civil society , the institution of marriage 3 ; whence it may be reasonably inferred , that the savage natives learned from him all the arts necessary to civilised life . But , notwith- standing ...
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... rites , and threatened the total subversion of the national religion . If there is any truth in this statement , they must have been very ill fitted to instruct the Pelasgians in the Egyptian mysteries , and a boundless field is opened ...
... rites , and threatened the total subversion of the national religion . If there is any truth in this statement , they must have been very ill fitted to instruct the Pelasgians in the Egyptian mysteries , and a boundless field is opened ...
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Page vii - But I am aware that the public cling to these anomalies with a tenacity proportioned to their absurdity, and are jealous of all encroachment on ground consecrated by prescription to the free play of blind caprice.
Page 223 - Tartarus ; while, on the other hand, only the most exalted heroes are, after their death, endowed with a new body and enjoy the pleasures of Elysium. But these are very exceptional cases : ' When a man is dead,' says the shade of Anticlea, 'the flesh and the bones are left to be consumed by the flames, but the soul passes away like a dream.
Page vii - upon the established system, if an accidental custom may be so called, as a mass of anomalies, the growth of ignorance and chance, equally repugnant to good taste and to common sense.
Page 200 - Thirlwall (Greece, vol. ip 176, seq.) well illustrate the character of the friendship subsisting between the two heroes:— " One of the noblest and most amiable sides of the Greek character, is the readiness with which it lent itself to construct intimate and durable friendships ; and this is a feature no less prominent in the earliest, than in later times. It was indeed connected with the comparatively...
Page 219 - Their other affections correspond to the grossness of these animal appetites. Capricious love and hatred, anger and jealousy, often disturb the calm of their bosoms; the peace of the Olympian state might be broken by factions, and even by conspiracies formed against its chief. He himself cannot keep perfectly aloof from their quarrels ; he occasionally wavers in his purpose, is overruled by artifice, blinded by desires, and hurried by resentment into unseemly violence.
Page v - One consisting of persons who wish to acquire something more than a superficial acquaintance with Greek history, but who have neither leisure nor means to study it for themselves in its original sources ; the other of such as have access to the ancient authors, but often feel the need of a guide and an interpreter.
Page 462 - It must not be forgotten, that the body to which the terms oligarchy and democracy refer formed a comparatively small part of the population in most Greek states, since it did not include either slaves or resident free foreigners. The sovereign power resided wholly in the native freemen ; and whether it was exercised by a part or by all of them, was the question which determined the nature of the government.
Page 200 - ... times. It was indeed connected with the comparatively low estimation in which female society was held: but the devotedness and constancy with which these attachments were maintained, was not the less admirable and engaging. The heroic companions whom we find celebrated, partly by Homer and partly in traditions, which, if not of equal antiquity, were grounded on the same feeling, seem to have but one heart and soul, with scarcely a wish or object apart, and only to live, as they are always ready...
Page 26 - Œnus the Eurotas flows through a very deep and narrow valley, which near Sparta is so much contracted as to leave room for little more than the channel of the river. After it leaves Sparta the hills recede farther from the river ; but near...
Page 172 - ... whose worship seems to have been one of the most ancient forms of religion in Peloponnesus, and especially in Laconia, and by the divine honors paid to her at Sparta and elsewhere. But a still stronger reason for doubting the reality of the motive assigned by Homer for the Trojan war is, that the same incident occurs in another circle of fictions, and that, in the abduction of Helen, Paris only repeats an exploit also attributed to Theseus.