Archaeologiae Atticae libri septem. Seaven books of the Attick antiquities. Containing the discription of the cities glory, government, division of the people, and townes within the Athenian territories, their religion, superstition, sacrifices,account of their year, a full relation of their judicatories / By Francis Rous. With an addition of their customes in marriages, burialls, feastings, divinations, etc. With an addition ... in the foure last bookes. By Zachary Bogan.

  • Francis Rous
Date:
1675
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Credit: Archaeologiae Atticae libri septem. Seaven books of the Attick antiquities. Containing the discription of the cities glory, government, division of the people, and townes within the Athenian territories, their religion, superstition, sacrifices,account of their year, a full relation of their judicatories / By Francis Rous. With an addition of their customes in marriages, burialls, feastings, divinations, etc. With an addition ... in the foure last bookes. By Zachary Bogan. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    pag« 414- vide Sch, f Euftath in 11. A. ^Eurip. Sch. pag. 446. ■ \ ' \ • . a As rrVKtdjf Ariftophan, Paufan. &c, & Ariftoph. ttA. L 81* c Macrob. Sar.i.p. n $. Ariftoph. Nub.p, e AilESch. p. 611. g, /Satur. i. p, 257. ■ g Mactob, Sue# i»,c« p* fcSchol, Eu. r-p« Pha?. p, , ii. ? 1 j Sac* 11 c# p» 38 Archmlogi# Attic#* Lil. 2. Caf. 2. to which they alfo added fire,as you may fee in $ Ariftopkfi nes.Neither was this all,for they facrificed tnoreover.caHing fupiteno witnefs and uling thefe words in the time of facri- fice* p EU & i* zhiov. trefpafs be againft Jupiter Xenius, if I offend, contemn ^ w negleB ftran- garj.And tor the continuation of this,even to their pofterity they were wont to cut a huckle bone in two, the one party keeping one piece,the other party the other half,that when need of Other, q to rtuiro u\gp.tctAtcv} 0*9ctfj?y70 7lut* ZsvUv^bringing with them their half huckjebcfie they wight re- new their hofpitality. This they call A^^c\oy,Symbohmya to¬ ken, which fometimes they would fend to their acquaint ‘J tance in others behalf,as fafon in Euripides offers to Medea to do ni^Twvri evyL^ah* <sl <Atfoswi a\v% And to fend a S] mb ohm or token to ftrangers that fhall courteoufly en¬ tertain you. But of this enough,as alfo of Jupiter ce- brated in a other Epithets 1 know by the Athenians. Apolio was next in requejl to fupiter^invocated in danger or fodders events*hence b Awt from ^9^9^,to turu away,a!s if he fhould deliver them from eminent evil,for which rea- - fon he is called Alexicacus, c Apollinem afpellentem mala inm telligas,qnem Ktbenienfes KKi^uetnop appellant.He was one of the firllGods they had,hence he is tearmed d aa^SHbute others think becaufe he was the father ofion.\ Macrcbitts\s of opinion,becaufe the JV/#, the fame with KpottiM the Au¬ thor of progenerating all things^uodfol humoribtts exiccatis frogenerandis omnibus prabuit caufom.To him flood Altars in their flreets, hence he is as if he were fee over their ways,g I Hi enim vias.qua intra pomaria font dyydu ’ This Kg ye us was a fharp pillar, h nUv $ h@- lw ue 3£u a hfoy, Kb though the Greeks,as i Macrobiusf,ays,did worfhip him as Bufoicr, (xitns & introitut potentem, one that kept the doors oftbeir houfes-, yet I find no monument of that Title in Pan font asi Famous he was for the name of Paan, of which, though i have taken occafion to fpeak elfewhere,yet this is a moft proper place, I willnoc trouble you with the trivial deriva