 | John Potter - 1808 - 588 sider
...Sympos. lib. viii, qusst I. k Xenoph. Exped. Cyri. « Mem, Quaest. Roman. ' Hesycliius. * QuEest. Gra:c, with all the pomp and ceremonies practised at funerals...their hair, beat their breasts, and counterfeited all other postures and actions usual in lamenting the dead. This lamentation was termed f&mutrp&fj or «JW«,... | |
 | 1813 - 442 sider
...Greece, in honor of Venus, and in memory of ber beloved Adonis. The solemnity continued two days ; on Hie first of which certain images or pictures of Adonis...with earth, in which grew several sorts of herbs, especially lettuces, in memory that Adonis was laid out by Venus on a bed of lettuces. These were called... | |
 | John Potter (abp. of Canterbury.) - 1818 - 590 sider
...Greece, in honour of Venus, and in memory of her beloved Adon'u. The solemnity continued two days , upon the first of which certain images or pictures of Adonis...their hair, beat their breasts, and counterfeited all other postures and actions usual in lamenting the dead. This lamentation was termed cciatuurpo; ',... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 396 sider
...Alexandria, where the festival of Adonis was celebrated. P. 64, 1. 13. Venns's beautiful lover. The ASwv/fl! were celebrated in most of the cities of Greece, in...with earth, in which .grew several sorts of herbs, especially lettuces, in memory that Adonis was laid out by Venus on a bed of lettuces. These were called... | |
 | Thomas Stackhouse - 1824 - 316 sider
...days ; upon the first of which certain images or pictures of Adonis and Venus were brought forward with all the pomp and ceremonies practised at funerals,...their hair, beat their breasts, and counterfeited all other postures and actions usual in lamenting the dead. The following day was spent with all possible... | |
 | Johann Joachim Eschenburg - 1837 - 372 sider
...certain images or pictures of Adonis and Venus were brought forth, with all the pomp and ceremonies -used at funerals; the women tore their hair, beat their breasts, and counterfeited other actions usual in lamenting the dead. This lamentation was called aSmutff/ta; or d&vn'a, and hence... | |
 | John Potter - 1840 - 864 sider
...in honour of Venus, and in memory of her beloved Adonis. 3 The solemnity continued two days ; upon the first of which certain images or pictures of Adonis...their hair, beat their breasts, and counterfeited all other postures and actions usual in lamenting the dead. This lamentation was termed « Samara,-,* or... | |
 | Johann Joachim Eschenburg - 1841 - 806 sider
...certain images or pictures of Adonis and Venus were brought forth with all the pomp and ceremonies used at funerals ; the women tore their hair, beat their breasts, and counterfeited other actions usual in lamenting the dead. This lamentation was called atiwiianub; or diWiir, and hence... | |
 | 1835 - 780 sider
...solemnity continued two days ; on the first of which, certain images or pictures of Venus and Adonis were brought forth, with all the pomp and ceremonies practised at funerals, &c. There were also carried along with them shells, filled with earth, in which grew several sorts... | |
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ASwv/fl! were celebrated in most of the cities of Greece, in honour of Venus, and in memory of her beloved Adonis. The solemnity continued two days; on the first of which certain images or pictures of Adonis and Venus were brought forth, with all the... 