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2J0 Arch&ologia Attica, Lib. j.Caf, 24.
CAP. XXIV.
. *De LMhrisserio Funerarttm & Siticifinm.
rT*0 set sorth the mourning with a better grace,as thcjewes
hadaDIJlJpS, and the Romans 'Prasicas: tothey a!so had
a eejerem. jj^jj. soging Women os pnrpofe to lead the dance, aoi'JV,
or 9jj«r£Bp e^«pxw» as * Homer calls them; or sro^faj as 2Ve«-
* II. &, nm. And since vocall Musick might be allowed, I marvell ve-
ry much why e-^^Wss^apon the death of his Wise ftiould be
so sind againft any Inftrumentall, either with the Harpe or
the pipe.
Eurip, /J,o. 'AuKuii s*w iqt' its, yjn Kvegi (cn/ar©-
"Es»—
Especially considering the virtue suppofed to be in it, of
mounting up the Soule into the Heavens, Ubeoriginall of all
harmony according to that of Macrob'ms%Mortuos quog7 ad se-
fulturam prosequi oportere curaianttiplurimarumgeMtHmvel.
regionum institutafanxerunt perftiaftone hac^tiia poftcorpm ani'
ma adortginem dulcedinii mtisicaM eftsad caelum redire crcdatur.
Indeed for the Harp,! have read,that they might not fing z^t
al>V?!',in soch times of monrning,becaufe it was an increment
confecrated to the service of eAplhfox Taatfs, and such mer-
ry fongs (as the reafoo is given upon the Scholiaft upon thofe
words of the Poet in his Than/fix, "A*,vtw Jiuovaar.) But for
the Tipe, I never knew but that they might fing ^eZhlv. for
elfe why were there tom&wao/ Tipcrs among them f as there
were Siticines among the Romans.
As many as came to the FuneraiI5brought along with them
? wV//or, one sine thing or other, to carry in their hands,or to
2. In Alc,v,6$o. pU[ upcn the coarfe; fuch as Admttm in 3 Euripides denied his
Father the liberty to give to his Wife, when all the company
befides bad given before.
CAP. XXIV.
. *De LMhrisserio Funerarttm & Siticifinm.
rT*0 set sorth the mourning with a better grace,as thcjewes
hadaDIJlJpS, and the Romans 'Prasicas: tothey a!so had
a eejerem. jj^jj. soging Women os pnrpofe to lead the dance, aoi'JV,
or 9jj«r£Bp e^«pxw» as * Homer calls them; or sro^faj as 2Ve«-
* II. &, nm. And since vocall Musick might be allowed, I marvell ve-
ry much why e-^^Wss^apon the death of his Wise ftiould be
so sind againft any Inftrumentall, either with the Harpe or
the pipe.
Eurip, /J,o. 'AuKuii s*w iqt' its, yjn Kvegi (cn/ar©-
"Es»—
Especially considering the virtue suppofed to be in it, of
mounting up the Soule into the Heavens, Ubeoriginall of all
harmony according to that of Macrob'ms%Mortuos quog7 ad se-
fulturam prosequi oportere curaianttiplurimarumgeMtHmvel.
regionum institutafanxerunt perftiaftone hac^tiia poftcorpm ani'
ma adortginem dulcedinii mtisicaM eftsad caelum redire crcdatur.
Indeed for the Harp,! have read,that they might not fing z^t
al>V?!',in soch times of monrning,becaufe it was an increment
confecrated to the service of eAplhfox Taatfs, and such mer-
ry fongs (as the reafoo is given upon the Scholiaft upon thofe
words of the Poet in his Than/fix, "A*,vtw Jiuovaar.) But for
the Tipe, I never knew but that they might fing ^eZhlv. for
elfe why were there tom&wao/ Tipcrs among them f as there
were Siticines among the Romans.
As many as came to the FuneraiI5brought along with them
? wV//or, one sine thing or other, to carry in their hands,or to
2. In Alc,v,6$o. pU[ upcn the coarfe; fuch as Admttm in 3 Euripides denied his
Father the liberty to give to his Wife, when all the company
befides bad given before.