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XII. Chant of his Thaebaide , gives of the altar of cle-
mency ere&ed at Athens , we learn, that all those who
were dessrous of addressing their prayers to the Gods, were
to be provided with the branches either of the Laurel,
or Olive , those branches were called {a) . Often,
bandlets were tied to them under the name of Vittce, and
Stemmata {b). The Cup in his right hand, was to receive
a small portion of the wine, of which the libation was made,
either to be drunk immediately, or to be carried home,
as a holy article capable of preventing sickness, and other
accidents. The portions of the offerings to the gods, either
of wine, victims, or other articles, taken home to be pre-
served, were called Hygieia {c).
The second person is Prospolus, or the servant of the
God , holding in his lest hand a sort of dish containing
barley mixed with sait, and in the other a vase with wine.
The priest began the sacnfice by \x alking round the altar,
and by throwing on it some of that barley, either whole,
or in meal, and often by sprinkling with holy water both
the altar, and the assistants. On the other side of the co-
lumn is the priest , holding in one hand a bason full of
wine, destined to be poured on the altar, and either re-
citing a prayer , or smging a hymn accompanied by the
musick of the double ssute, on which the fourth person
is playng.
Among the Heathens, the celebration of sacrifice was
generally accompanied by musick, and even by dancing
in the great solemnities : of all the instruments the ssute
w as the most in use. As the players on the ssute had their
share of the vi&ims, there were some who subsisted solely
by
(a) See JEdip. Tyr. verfe 3. Sckol. preted by Ovid in these two Verfes
(b) This was praclifed alfo, when prayers were ad- Audierat laurumque manu , villasque ferentem
drejjed to great Perjonages . Here is a proof of it in Pro nata Chrysea non ValuilTe sua.
what Homer says of the Father of Chryseis, well inter- (c) See Gesychius .
XII. Chant of his Thaebaide , gives of the altar of cle-
mency ere&ed at Athens , we learn, that all those who
were dessrous of addressing their prayers to the Gods, were
to be provided with the branches either of the Laurel,
or Olive , those branches were called {a) . Often,
bandlets were tied to them under the name of Vittce, and
Stemmata {b). The Cup in his right hand, was to receive
a small portion of the wine, of which the libation was made,
either to be drunk immediately, or to be carried home,
as a holy article capable of preventing sickness, and other
accidents. The portions of the offerings to the gods, either
of wine, victims, or other articles, taken home to be pre-
served, were called Hygieia {c).
The second person is Prospolus, or the servant of the
God , holding in his lest hand a sort of dish containing
barley mixed with sait, and in the other a vase with wine.
The priest began the sacnfice by \x alking round the altar,
and by throwing on it some of that barley, either whole,
or in meal, and often by sprinkling with holy water both
the altar, and the assistants. On the other side of the co-
lumn is the priest , holding in one hand a bason full of
wine, destined to be poured on the altar, and either re-
citing a prayer , or smging a hymn accompanied by the
musick of the double ssute, on which the fourth person
is playng.
Among the Heathens, the celebration of sacrifice was
generally accompanied by musick, and even by dancing
in the great solemnities : of all the instruments the ssute
w as the most in use. As the players on the ssute had their
share of the vi&ims, there were some who subsisted solely
by
(a) See JEdip. Tyr. verfe 3. Sckol. preted by Ovid in these two Verfes
(b) This was praclifed alfo, when prayers were ad- Audierat laurumque manu , villasque ferentem
drejjed to great Perjonages . Here is a proof of it in Pro nata Chrysea non ValuilTe sua.
what Homer says of the Father of Chryseis, well inter- (c) See Gesychius .