Latium, but in none of them were audible responses given, by the mouth of inspired persons, as at Delphi. At Albu'nea, near Tibur, Faunus was consulted by the sacrifice of a sheep. The skin of the animal was spread upon the ground ; the person seeking... A Manual of Ancient History - Page 257de Mary Elsie Thalheimer - 1872 - 132 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
| M. E. THALHEIMER - 1872 - 392 pages
...presented that shrine with a tenth of the spoils. Rome itself possessed only one oracle, that of Faunus (the favoring god), on the Aventine Hill. Several...most acceptable gift which the inhabitants of Magna Graecia could offer to their friends in Rome, was a palm-leaf inscribed with some utterance of the... | |
| Mary Elsie Thalheimer - 1872 - 422 pages
...of them were audible responses given, by the mouth of inspired persons, as at Delphi. At Albn'nea, near Tibur, Faunus was consulted by the sacrifice...most acceptable gift which the inhabitants of Magna Graecia could offer to their friends in Rome, was a palm-leaf inscribed with some utterance of the... | |
| Israel Smith Clare - 1893 - 652 pages
...them gave any audible responses by the mouth of inspired persons, like the one at Delphi. At Alb1inea, near Tibur, Faunus was consulted by the sacrifice of a sheep. The skin of the sheep was spread upon the ground, and the person seeking direction slept upon it, believing that he... | |
| 1897 - 484 pages
...them gave any audible responses by the mouth of inspired persons, like the one at Delphi. At Albúnea, near Tibur, Faunus was consulted by the sacrifice of a sheep. The skin of the sheep was spread upon the ground, and the person seeking direction slept upon it, believing that he... | |
| 1916 - 638 pages
...believing that he ascertained the will of the god by visions and dreams. The Romans often had recourse to the Greek oracles in Southern Italy ; and the most acceptable gift which the inhabitants of Magna Graecia were able to offer to their friends in Rome was a palm-leaf inscribed with some utterances... | |
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