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 216
their health. Cf. F. A. Wulf, Beytrag zur Gesch. des Somnambulismus aus dem Allerthum ; in his Vermischtt Schrifien. § 75. The pretended revelation of the future mediately (cf. § 70), or by meansof some system or art of divination {fiavtixri), was effected in various ways.The most important was by… … I p. III. RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS. DIVINATION. 167 interpreters of the demons by whom they were possessed, and called 6al^lovoKr;Hrot, or Ttv^u/vii; Others were called tv^wjiantaC or tv^faonxoC, aud enjoyedonly the intimations of some particular divinity ; and others still were termedfxcjrarcxot, and…
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