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 365
ease under the first Christian em-.perors. This ceremony was wholly distinct from the funeral. The true body waaburned and the ashes buried in the usual manner and with a splendid show, beforethese rites were performed with the image of wax. The whole ceremony is well described by Herodian (cf. P.…
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