Manual of classical literature : from the German of J.J. Eschenburg, with additions (1855)
Eschenburg, Johann Joachim, 1743-1820, Fiske, N. W. (Nathan Welby), 1798-1847, ed · Philadelphia : E.C. & J. Biddle · leaf 210
ms, 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 alsoihey were considered as a symbol of dignity and power. The names of… … iiilii|.iEiii||Mii^ iiiiifiiiliiififc 21 o2 162 GRECIAN ANTIQUITIES. Different gods had altars also of different dimensions ; the altar of Jupiter Olympinsis said to have been twenty-two feet high. The ahars of the terrestrial gods werelower than those of the celestial. To the infernal, sacrifices…
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