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OF THE RELIGION OF GREECE.
i'ttic vu/u<pai; K.!wpt; t'uSi Siktvov' k yip ae:pu
Shepherds hung up their pipes to Pan, or some of the country deities,
This we find done by one in Tibullus ( 1):
Pendebatque vagi pasioris in arbore votum
Rustica silvestrifistula sacra Deo.
To Pan, the sylvan god, on every bough
Pipes hung, the grateful shepherd's rustic vow,'
Hence Lais, decayed with age, dedicates her mirror to Venus (2) ;
Erfjoi hi vrpoQupoi; Aa'ic t^ncct vsaiv.
2o/, n«<pi'<i, to x.iro7rrpov tTril roin fjCtv ipiafttti
Ouk (Mxcx- ch S riv Trzpo;, x S'viifActl.
Whoever is willing to be farther informed concerning the nature and
kinds of these presents, may consult Pausanias (8) who has left us a
very particular description of those in the Delphian temple, which was
the richest of any in Greece.
Before the conclusion of this chapter, it will be necessary to observe
farther, that by a very ancient and universal prescription, the tenths of
many things were claimed by the gods. Hence the Grecians, having
driven the Persians out of Greece, presented a golden tripod to Del-
phian Apollo out of the tenths of the spoils taken in the war, as we are
informed by Diodorus the Sicilian (4) Another example is the golden
buckler dedicated to Jupiter after the taking of Tanagra, with this in-
scription, as we find it in Pausanias (5) :
Tie Aa.Kci'oLiy.GVim avfj.fxmyj&o^ yt tsOev,
Aapov cLtt^ Apyttm. «ai A6«va av, Koti laWv,
Tctv S'iKira.v vtx.x.t live** t» 7ro\k[AUi.
Lucian mentions the tenths of spoils dedicated to Mars (6). Herodo-
tus (7) speaks of a golden chariot and horses consecrated to Pallas by the
Athenians, with this inscription :
ESysot BoimToiiv ml X*X«/iTsa'V tS'a/uJtTUvrtc
Aia-fxieiv i^KviiiTi criSiipeovivCte-xv vSpiv'
We find in Xenophon (8) that the tenth part of the product of a certain
field consecrated to Diana was sacrificed every year. And in Pausani-
as (9), that the Siphnians constantly presented a tenth part of their gold
mines to Apollo. It was also customary for kings to receive a tenth por-
tion of the several revenues of their subjects. This was paid by the
Athenians to Pisistratus, the receiving whereof that tyrant excuses in his
epistle to Solon (10) as being not expended in his own private service,
but laid out upon sacrifices, and for other public uses. The same cus-
(1) Lib. ii. Eleg. 5. (6) Dialog, de Saltatione,
(2) Antholog. lib. vi. cap. 8. Epigr. i. (7) Lib. v. cap. 77.
(3) Phocicis, p. 624. edit. Hanov. (8) De expedit. Cyri, lib. v.
(4) Bibliothec. Hist. Lib. xi. (9) Phocicis, p. 628.
(5) Eliac. d. (10) Apud Diogenem Laertium,
OF THE RELIGION OF GREECE.
i'ttic vu/u<pai; K.!wpt; t'uSi Siktvov' k yip ae:pu
Shepherds hung up their pipes to Pan, or some of the country deities,
This we find done by one in Tibullus ( 1):
Pendebatque vagi pasioris in arbore votum
Rustica silvestrifistula sacra Deo.
To Pan, the sylvan god, on every bough
Pipes hung, the grateful shepherd's rustic vow,'
Hence Lais, decayed with age, dedicates her mirror to Venus (2) ;
Erfjoi hi vrpoQupoi; Aa'ic t^ncct vsaiv.
2o/, n«<pi'<i, to x.iro7rrpov tTril roin fjCtv ipiafttti
Ouk (Mxcx- ch S riv Trzpo;, x S'viifActl.
Whoever is willing to be farther informed concerning the nature and
kinds of these presents, may consult Pausanias (8) who has left us a
very particular description of those in the Delphian temple, which was
the richest of any in Greece.
Before the conclusion of this chapter, it will be necessary to observe
farther, that by a very ancient and universal prescription, the tenths of
many things were claimed by the gods. Hence the Grecians, having
driven the Persians out of Greece, presented a golden tripod to Del-
phian Apollo out of the tenths of the spoils taken in the war, as we are
informed by Diodorus the Sicilian (4) Another example is the golden
buckler dedicated to Jupiter after the taking of Tanagra, with this in-
scription, as we find it in Pausanias (5) :
Tie Aa.Kci'oLiy.GVim avfj.fxmyj&o^ yt tsOev,
Aapov cLtt^ Apyttm. «ai A6«va av, Koti laWv,
Tctv S'iKira.v vtx.x.t live** t» 7ro\k[AUi.
Lucian mentions the tenths of spoils dedicated to Mars (6). Herodo-
tus (7) speaks of a golden chariot and horses consecrated to Pallas by the
Athenians, with this inscription :
ESysot BoimToiiv ml X*X«/iTsa'V tS'a/uJtTUvrtc
Aia-fxieiv i^KviiiTi criSiipeovivCte-xv vSpiv'
We find in Xenophon (8) that the tenth part of the product of a certain
field consecrated to Diana was sacrificed every year. And in Pausani-
as (9), that the Siphnians constantly presented a tenth part of their gold
mines to Apollo. It was also customary for kings to receive a tenth por-
tion of the several revenues of their subjects. This was paid by the
Athenians to Pisistratus, the receiving whereof that tyrant excuses in his
epistle to Solon (10) as being not expended in his own private service,
but laid out upon sacrifices, and for other public uses. The same cus-
(1) Lib. ii. Eleg. 5. (6) Dialog, de Saltatione,
(2) Antholog. lib. vi. cap. 8. Epigr. i. (7) Lib. v. cap. 77.
(3) Phocicis, p. 624. edit. Hanov. (8) De expedit. Cyri, lib. v.
(4) Bibliothec. Hist. Lib. xi. (9) Phocicis, p. 628.
(5) Eliac. d. (10) Apud Diogenem Laertium,