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Dionysius Of Halycarnassus, Roman Antiquities, 2.67.2


nan They were required to remain undefiled by marriage for the space of thirty years, devoting themselves to offering sacrifices and performing the other rites ordained by law. During the first ten years their duty was to learn their functions, in the second ten to perform them, and during the remaining ten to teach others. After the expiration of the term of thirty years nothing hindered those who so desired from marrying, upon laying aside their fillets and the other insignia of their priesthood. And some, though very few, have done this; but they came to ends that were not at all happy or enviable. In consequence, the rest, looking upon their misfortunes as ominous, remain virgins in the temple of the goddess till their death, and then once more another is chosen by the pontiffs to supply the vacancy. <


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erinyes Alvarez, The Derveni Papyrus: Unearthing Ancient Mysteries (2018) 135
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expiation Alvarez, The Derveni Papyrus: Unearthing Ancient Mysteries (2018) 135
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initiates Alvarez, The Derveni Papyrus: Unearthing Ancient Mysteries (2018) 135
intention Mackey, Belief and Cult: Rethinking Roman Religion (2022) 284
intentionality, shared Mackey, Belief and Cult: Rethinking Roman Religion (2022) 284
knowledge, acquired in the initiation Alvarez, The Derveni Papyrus: Unearthing Ancient Mysteries (2018) 135
libations Alvarez, The Derveni Papyrus: Unearthing Ancient Mysteries (2018) 135
mystery cults, in the cities Alvarez, The Derveni Papyrus: Unearthing Ancient Mysteries (2018) 135
offerings (bloodless) Alvarez, The Derveni Papyrus: Unearthing Ancient Mysteries (2018) 135
ovid Mackey, Belief and Cult: Rethinking Roman Religion (2022) 284
pedagogy Mackey, Belief and Cult: Rethinking Roman Religion (2022) 284
prayer Mackey, Belief and Cult: Rethinking Roman Religion (2022) 284
prodigium Mackey, Belief and Cult: Rethinking Roman Religion (2022) 284
profane Alvarez, The Derveni Papyrus: Unearthing Ancient Mysteries (2018) 135
punishments Alvarez, The Derveni Papyrus: Unearthing Ancient Mysteries (2018) 135
rites, rituals Alvarez, The Derveni Papyrus: Unearthing Ancient Mysteries (2018) 135
roman religion, and belief Mackey, Belief and Cult: Rethinking Roman Religion (2022) 284
roman religion, choral hymns of Mackey, Belief and Cult: Rethinking Roman Religion (2022) 284
roman society, children of Mackey, Belief and Cult: Rethinking Roman Religion (2022) 284
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schola cantorum Mackey, Belief and Cult: Rethinking Roman Religion (2022) 284
shared intentionality' Mackey, Belief and Cult: Rethinking Roman Religion (2022) 284
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