Eschenburg, J[ohann] J[oachim], 1743-1820. [from old catalog], Fiske, Nathan Welby, 1798-1847, [from old catalog] ed. and tr · Philadelphia, E. C. Biddle · leaf 194
forms, round, square, or oblong. They were ornamented with horns, partlythat the sacrificial victims might be bound to them, and partly that supplicantsmight lay hold of them, when they fled to the altars for refuge. Perhaps alsothey were considered as a symbol of dignity and power. The names of… … 21 161 o2 162 GRECIAN ANTIQUITIES. Different gods had altars also of different dimensions ; the altar of Jupiter Olympusis said to have been twenty-two feet high. The altars of the terrestrial gods werelower than those of the celestial. To the infernal, sacrifices were made in pits ortrenches ($…
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