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"She would have died in the hour that it bloomed! The priestesses were consecrated to this.... Let me get into the air " Mr. Saunderson, silent with amazement, met them. "Don't speak," said Dr. Cairn to him. "Look at the dead stems of your 'Mystery. You will find a thread of bright hair in the heart of each!..." Dr.

In the temple of Pallas Athene, where the Luck of Troy lay always on her altar, the custom was that priestesses kept watch, each for two hours, all through the night, and soldiers kept guard within call. So one night Ulysses slept there, on the floor, with other distressed people, seeking for dreams from the Gods.

These three classes of sacred prostitutes have already been dwelt upon. With more material at our disposal regarding the cult of Ishtar or Nanâ of Erech, we would be in a position to specify the character of the rites performed at this temple. The statements of Herodotus and of other writers suffice, however, to show that the three terms represent classes of priestesses attached to the temple.

Filled with regret at having disdained so many charms, and frequently tired of finding too often as much perfidiousness in priestesses of Venus as in honest women, the husband sometimes hurries on by his gallantry the hour of reconciliation desired of worthy people. The aftermath of bliss is gathered even with greater pleasure, perhaps, than the first crop.

If you doubt it, go to look at the Watcher in the Cave whom your Oracle told you is dead. You will find that it did not lie." As I spoke a man rushed through the gates, his white rob streaming on the wind, shouting as he emerged from the tunnel: "O Priests and Priestesses of the Child, the ancient serpent is dead.

Aristotle speaks of Mimetic dances three hundred years before the Augustan era. He also says that dancers want neither poetry or music, as by the assistance of measure and cadence only they can imitate human manners, actions, and passions. Again, "Homer, describing the employment of the Delian priestesses, or Nuns, of the order of St.

Now the blare of trumpets and the roll of drums shook the air like echoing lightning and heavy peals of thunder; the Egyptian priests sang a hymn of praise to the God King and Goddess Queen, and the aristocratic priestesses of the deity tinkled the brass rings on the sistrum.

Each of the three castes had its own sorceresses and priestesses, or medicine-women, who each devoted her attention to the treatment of some one disorder; only no reason, however, for crediting them with any special skill in its cure. The business of canoe-building was monopolized by the nobles; who, however, allowed the inferior nobles to assist in their construction.

Thirdly: to avoid this risk it is rumoured that the priests and priestesses, at the instance of the council, are discussing the wisdom of giving over to the king the person of the daughter of Sakon.

When the viceroy appeared in his box, the Asiatics and Egyptians present in the amphitheatre gave forth a mighty shout. The spectacle began with a procession of singers, dancers, and musicians. The prince looked around. At his right was the box of Hiram and the most noted of the Phoenicians; on his left the box of the Phoenician priests and priestesses.