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sentiments; to support which they tell you
the old story of the golden cup' won at the
Olympic games, which was thrown into the
Grecian Arethusa, and was soon after call
up again by the Sicilian one.
They likewise add, that it had always
been observed that after the great sacrifices
at Olympia, the blood of which fell into
that river, the waters of Arethusa rose for
several days, tinged with blood.
This, like many modern miracles, was
probably a trick of the priests.—Those of
Diana had the charge of the fountain of
Arethusa, and no doubt were much inte-
rested to support the credit of the story;
for it was that goddess that converted the
nymph Arethusa into a river, and conduct-
ed her by subterraneous pasTages from
Greece to Sicily, to avoid the pursuit of Al-
pheus, who underwent the same fate.
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sentiments; to support which they tell you
the old story of the golden cup' won at the
Olympic games, which was thrown into the
Grecian Arethusa, and was soon after call
up again by the Sicilian one.
They likewise add, that it had always
been observed that after the great sacrifices
at Olympia, the blood of which fell into
that river, the waters of Arethusa rose for
several days, tinged with blood.
This, like many modern miracles, was
probably a trick of the priests.—Those of
Diana had the charge of the fountain of
Arethusa, and no doubt were much inte-
rested to support the credit of the story;
for it was that goddess that converted the
nymph Arethusa into a river, and conduct-
ed her by subterraneous pasTages from
Greece to Sicily, to avoid the pursuit of Al-
pheus, who underwent the same fate.
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