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words the god cut open her diseased eye and poured
a drug in. And when day broke she went away
healed."
Line 48. " Case of Pandarus of Tliessaly, who had
marks (stigmata) on his forehead. He slept and had a
vision ; he thought the god tied a bandage over his
stigmata, and bade him when he had passed out of the
hall to take off the bandage and dedicate it in the temple.
And when day broke he arose and took off the bandage,
and found his forehead healed of the stigmata, and dedi-
cated the bandage in the temple."
Line 54. " Case of Echedorus, who received on his fore-
head the stigmata of Pandarus, in addition to those he
had before. He had received of Pandarus money to
dedicate to the god at Epidaurus on behalf of Pandarus
himself. Sleeping, he saw a vision. He thought the god
stood by him and asked him whether he had any money
from Pandarus to dedicate as an offering in the precinct;
he answered that he had not received anything of the
kind from Pandarus, but that if the god would make him
whole he would have a picture painted and dedicate it ;
and after that the god bound round the stigmata on his
head the bandage of Pandarus, and bade him when he
departed from the temple take off the bandage and wash
his face in the spring and look into the water. When
day broke he came out of the temple and removed the
bandage. It had no marks; and when he looked into
the water he saw that his face, in addition to its previous
stigmata, had acquired those of Pandarus."
Truly an unimpeachable moral! and scarcely less
sound is the moral of the following cures :—
Line 90. " Case of Aeschines. When the suppliants
were laid down to sleep, he mounted into a tree and
pried into the hall; and he fell from the tree and struck
his eyes on some palings. Being in an evil case and
New Chapters in Greek History. [Chap. XII.
words the god cut open her diseased eye and poured
a drug in. And when day broke she went away
healed."
Line 48. " Case of Pandarus of Tliessaly, who had
marks (stigmata) on his forehead. He slept and had a
vision ; he thought the god tied a bandage over his
stigmata, and bade him when he had passed out of the
hall to take off the bandage and dedicate it in the temple.
And when day broke he arose and took off the bandage,
and found his forehead healed of the stigmata, and dedi-
cated the bandage in the temple."
Line 54. " Case of Echedorus, who received on his fore-
head the stigmata of Pandarus, in addition to those he
had before. He had received of Pandarus money to
dedicate to the god at Epidaurus on behalf of Pandarus
himself. Sleeping, he saw a vision. He thought the god
stood by him and asked him whether he had any money
from Pandarus to dedicate as an offering in the precinct;
he answered that he had not received anything of the
kind from Pandarus, but that if the god would make him
whole he would have a picture painted and dedicate it ;
and after that the god bound round the stigmata on his
head the bandage of Pandarus, and bade him when he
departed from the temple take off the bandage and wash
his face in the spring and look into the water. When
day broke he came out of the temple and removed the
bandage. It had no marks; and when he looked into
the water he saw that his face, in addition to its previous
stigmata, had acquired those of Pandarus."
Truly an unimpeachable moral! and scarcely less
sound is the moral of the following cures :—
Line 90. " Case of Aeschines. When the suppliants
were laid down to sleep, he mounted into a tree and
pried into the hall; and he fell from the tree and struck
his eyes on some palings. Being in an evil case and