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XXXVII.]
IN ANCIENT CRETE.
251
the unfortunate woman's father, excommunicated him,
and, in consequence of the sacerdotal ban, he not only
perished himself by falling over a precipice, but all his
brothers likewise came to untimely ends.
Among the Cretans of ancient times, the adulterer
was condemned to the ignominious punishment of being
crowned with wool in the presence of the magistrates
of- the city36.
35 Aelian, V. H. xii. 12. "On ev KpriTij, ev Top-rivy /ioiyos dXoiii
yyero 671-1 T£ts ctpxds, Kai ctrTetpavovTO epiw eXeyx^eis' ^ ^ o-Terpdvuifxa
Ka-riiyopei (zutou, otl dvavBpos tcrxt Kai yvvvis Kai eh yvvaLKas KaXos'
He was also fined, Kai dnpoTaTos ijv, Kai oiidevos oi p.er?)v tujv koivcov.
IN ANCIENT CRETE.
251
the unfortunate woman's father, excommunicated him,
and, in consequence of the sacerdotal ban, he not only
perished himself by falling over a precipice, but all his
brothers likewise came to untimely ends.
Among the Cretans of ancient times, the adulterer
was condemned to the ignominious punishment of being
crowned with wool in the presence of the magistrates
of- the city36.
35 Aelian, V. H. xii. 12. "On ev KpriTij, ev Top-rivy /ioiyos dXoiii
yyero 671-1 T£ts ctpxds, Kai ctrTetpavovTO epiw eXeyx^eis' ^ ^ o-Terpdvuifxa
Ka-riiyopei (zutou, otl dvavBpos tcrxt Kai yvvvis Kai eh yvvaLKas KaXos'
He was also fined, Kai dnpoTaTos ijv, Kai oiidevos oi p.er?)v tujv koivcov.