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2.\6 KjitthAOioglA LyfttiCit. Lib, 5. Cap, 22e
CAP. XXII.
De ablutions a, Mortuit. Tie coronii, quibm corpora ornabanturl
de leilo, & de collocations.
TJAving thus cloth'd him with his Winding^ssieet, and
X# his insska, i next they trim'd him with Garlands, iJ\lAn
Tils vweftt 5 siqAv'oi^ at iiv (ZUv stnyoHej/woK. s'aies Suidm as they
would do to one that had rmne out his racet or fought it out: and
with xhs like Bonification, I have thought they put the cake
in his mouth,for the fame reafon: for cakes were given for re-
wards, as well as Garlands. In alltfion to thefe Garlands,
Euftathitts, when the Father was lamenting the death of his
Sonne, makes him fay, 7ms tn yj]a^<pavaaza rots J^UfV/rm,, how
L.io.lsm. j%a/i j cvown thee with my tearesf an example of this pra&ise,
you may tet'm Euripides', where Talthjbius \peaksto Hecuba
to do it to ^/fy^AT.in the abfence of his Mother,thus.
Eur. Tto&m. s-rs?tzvtisin avi Avrctps, e's e'x« »*
14 ' h's feet outward toward the gate : as being never to put his
soot in the houfe againe. Then they tooke him and put him
into a couch or a bed (wmk&v) to be in a readinesseto be
carried to his bed, sor (oLycophron calls the grave dtWiienu-i
as it is likewise terra'd mMs^exov , and so the dead are called
tvJhvTis , and h3.ts)lmmiu>!iioi , sor death is a long sseep, as
sleepe is a short death. The couch was. also adornd with
Garlands niads os all sorts os Hearbs and ssowers, ( as* Eu-
ripides sates} hay^ravu^ tsififawit**™, but cspecially of
Olive, which they ufed in victories. Having thus adorned it,
they plac'ditfit fet it sorth at the doores,as Tatroclm in Homer
was, "-~ac« w*/3usoc TiT<i<ty.iJ.h©-.
This placing of him they called sron'St^, co/iocdrcj Laying forth
( as, we call it) as it is in Alcestis.
*ln He!.
CAP. XXII.
De ablutions a, Mortuit. Tie coronii, quibm corpora ornabanturl
de leilo, & de collocations.
TJAving thus cloth'd him with his Winding^ssieet, and
X# his insska, i next they trim'd him with Garlands, iJ\lAn
Tils vweftt 5 siqAv'oi^ at iiv (ZUv stnyoHej/woK. s'aies Suidm as they
would do to one that had rmne out his racet or fought it out: and
with xhs like Bonification, I have thought they put the cake
in his mouth,for the fame reafon: for cakes were given for re-
wards, as well as Garlands. In alltfion to thefe Garlands,
Euftathitts, when the Father was lamenting the death of his
Sonne, makes him fay, 7ms tn yj]a^<pavaaza rots J^UfV/rm,, how
L.io.lsm. j%a/i j cvown thee with my tearesf an example of this pra&ise,
you may tet'm Euripides', where Talthjbius \peaksto Hecuba
to do it to ^/fy^AT.in the abfence of his Mother,thus.
Eur. Tto&m. s-rs?tzvtisin avi Avrctps, e's e'x« »*
14 ' h's feet outward toward the gate : as being never to put his
soot in the houfe againe. Then they tooke him and put him
into a couch or a bed (wmk&v) to be in a readinesseto be
carried to his bed, sor (oLycophron calls the grave dtWiienu-i
as it is likewise terra'd mMs^exov , and so the dead are called
tvJhvTis , and h3.ts)lmmiu>!iioi , sor death is a long sseep, as
sleepe is a short death. The couch was. also adornd with
Garlands niads os all sorts os Hearbs and ssowers, ( as* Eu-
ripides sates} hay^ravu^ tsififawit**™, but cspecially of
Olive, which they ufed in victories. Having thus adorned it,
they plac'ditfit fet it sorth at the doores,as Tatroclm in Homer
was, "-~ac« w*/3usoc TiT<i<ty.iJ.h©-.
This placing of him they called sron'St^, co/iocdrcj Laying forth
( as, we call it) as it is in Alcestis.
*ln He!.