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Pliny The Elder, Natural History, 30.4
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1. Herodotus, Histories, 2.65 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

2.65. but the Egyptians in this and in all other matters are exceedingly strict against desecration of their temples. ,Although Egypt has Libya on its borders, it is not a country of many animals. All of them are held sacred; some of these are part of men's households and some not; but if I were to say why they are left alone as sacred, I should end up talking of matters of divinity, which I am especially averse to treating; I have never touched upon such except where necessity has compelled me. ,But I will indicate how it is customary to deal with the animals. Men and women are appointed guardians to provide nourishment for each kind respectively; a son inherits this office from his father. ,Townsfolk in each place, when they pay their vows, pray to the god to whom the animal is dedicated, shaving all or one half or one third of their children's heads, and weighing the hair in a balance against a sum of silver; then the weight in silver of the hair is given to the female guardian of the creatures, who buys fish with it and feeds them. ,Thus, food is provided for them. Whoever kills one of these creatures intentionally is punished with death; if he kills accidentally, he pays whatever penalty the priests appoint. Whoever kills an ibis or a hawk, intentionally or not, must die for it.
2. Cicero, Tusculan Disputations, 5.78 (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)

5.78. mulieres vero in India, cum est cuius cuiuis V 3 communis Geel ( sed tum plures...nuptae post mortuus legeretur; cf.etiam Se., Jb.d.ph.V.26 p.301 ) earum vir mortuus, in certamen iudiciumque veniunt, quam plurumum ille dilexerit— plures enim singulis solent esse nuptae—; quae est victrix, ea laeta prosequentibus suis una unam V 1 cum viro in rogum imponitur, ponitur G 1 illa ilia cf.Quint.inst.1,3,2 victa quae Se. non male,cf.Claud.de nupt.Hon.64 (superatae cum...maerore in vita remanent Val.M. ) maesta discedit. numquam naturam mos vinceret; vinceret vincit H est enim ea semper invicta; sed nos umbris deliciis delitiis X (deliciis V, sed ci in r scr.,alt. i ss. V 2 ) otio languore langore G desidia animum infecimus, opinionibus maloque more delenitum delinitum V 1 H mollivimus. mollium KR 1 ( corr. 1 aut c )H Aegyptiorum morem quis ignorat? ignoret K quorum inbutae mentes pravitatis erroribus quamvis carnificinam carnifici. nam X prius subierint quam ibim aut aspidem aut faelem felem GV cf.nat.deor.1, 82 aut canem aut corcodillum corcodillum GRV corcodrillum KH cf.Th.l.l. violent, volent V 1 quorum etiamsi inprudentes quippiam fecerint, poenam nullam recusent.
3. Diodorus Siculus, Historical Library, 1.83.1 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)

1.83.1.  As regards the consecration of animals in Egypt, the practice naturally appears to many to be extraordinary and worthy of investigation. For the Egyptian venerate certain animals exceedingly, not only during their lifetime but even after their death, such as cats, ichneumons and dogs, and, again, hawks and the birds which they call "ibis," as well as wolves and crocodiles and a number of other animals of that kind, and the reasons for such worship we shall undertake to set forth, after we have first spoken briefly about the animals themselves.
4. Josephus Flavius, Against Apion, 1.41 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)

1.41. It is true, our history hath been written since Artaxerxes very particularly, but hath not been esteemed of the like authority with the former by our forefathers, because there hath not been an exact succession of prophets since that time;
5. Mishnah, Avot, 1 (1st cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE)

6. Pliny The Elder, Natural History, 30.1-30.2, 30.5-30.7, 30.9-30.11, 30.13-30.14, 30.18 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)

7. Suetonius, Claudius, 25 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)

8. Tacitus, Annals, 2.27.2 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)

9. Clement of Alexandria, Miscellanies, 1.21.130.3 (2nd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE)

10. Strabo, Geography, 4.4.4

4.4.4. Amongst [the Gauls] there are generally three divisions of' men especially reverenced, the Bards, the Vates, and the Druids. The Bards composed and chanted hymns; the Vates occupied themselves with the sacrifices and the study of nature; while the Druids joined to the study of nature that of moral philosophy. The belief in the justice [of the Druids] is so great that the decision both of public and private disputes is referred to them; and they have before now, by their decision, prevented armies from engaging when drawn up in battle-array against each other. All cases of murder are particularly referred to them. When there is plenty of these they imagine there will likewise be a plentiful harvest. Both these and the others assert that the soul is indestructible, and likewise the world, but that sometimes fire and sometimes water have prevailed in making great changes.


Subjects of this text:

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(great) library of alexandria Schliesser et al. (2021), Alexandria: Hub of the Hellenistic World. 291
achaemenid empire Edelmann-Singer et al. (2020), Sceptic and Believer in Ancient Mediterranean Religions, 248
alexander polyhistor Bickerman and Tropper (2007), Studies in Jewish and Christian History, 536; Schliesser et al. (2021), Alexandria: Hub of the Hellenistic World. 291
antigonus of socho Bickerman and Tropper (2007), Studies in Jewish and Christian History, 536
astrology Edelmann-Singer et al. (2020), Sceptic and Believer in Ancient Mediterranean Religions, 248
augustus,emperor Gruen (2011), Rethinking the Other in Antiquity, 156
augustus Bickerman and Tropper (2007), Studies in Jewish and Christian History, 495
babylonia Edelmann-Singer et al. (2020), Sceptic and Believer in Ancient Mediterranean Religions, 248
britannia Edelmann-Singer et al. (2020), Sceptic and Believer in Ancient Mediterranean Religions, 248
caesarea (maritima) Schliesser et al. (2021), Alexandria: Hub of the Hellenistic World. 291
clement of alexandria Schliesser et al. (2021), Alexandria: Hub of the Hellenistic World. 291
defixiones Edelmann-Singer et al. (2020), Sceptic and Believer in Ancient Mediterranean Religions, 248
democritus Edelmann-Singer et al. (2020), Sceptic and Believer in Ancient Mediterranean Religions, 248
dreams Edelmann-Singer et al. (2020), Sceptic and Believer in Ancient Mediterranean Religions, 248
druids Gruen (2011), Rethinking the Other in Antiquity, 156
empedocles Edelmann-Singer et al. (2020), Sceptic and Believer in Ancient Mediterranean Religions, 248
fragments of hellenistic jewish authors,libraries of clement in alexandria Schliesser et al. (2021), Alexandria: Hub of the Hellenistic World. 291
lists Bickerman and Tropper (2007), Studies in Jewish and Christian History, 536
medicine Edelmann-Singer et al. (2020), Sceptic and Believer in Ancient Mediterranean Religions, 248
ostanes Edelmann-Singer et al. (2020), Sceptic and Believer in Ancient Mediterranean Religions, 248
persia/persian Edelmann-Singer et al. (2020), Sceptic and Believer in Ancient Mediterranean Religions, 248
pharisees,pairs Bickerman and Tropper (2007), Studies in Jewish and Christian History, 536
pharisees Bickerman and Tropper (2007), Studies in Jewish and Christian History, 536
philosophers Bickerman and Tropper (2007), Studies in Jewish and Christian History, 536
pliny the elder Edelmann-Singer et al. (2020), Sceptic and Believer in Ancient Mediterranean Religions, 248
priest/priesthood,egyptian Edelmann-Singer et al. (2020), Sceptic and Believer in Ancient Mediterranean Religions, 248
pythagoras/pythagoreanism Edelmann-Singer et al. (2020), Sceptic and Believer in Ancient Mediterranean Religions, 248
regulation of religious rites Bickerman and Tropper (2007), Studies in Jewish and Christian History, 495
religion,of gauls' Gruen (2011), Rethinking the Other in Antiquity, 156
ritual purity Bickerman and Tropper (2007), Studies in Jewish and Christian History, 495
rome,policy towards jews Bickerman and Tropper (2007), Studies in Jewish and Christian History, 495
rome Schliesser et al. (2021), Alexandria: Hub of the Hellenistic World. 291
schools Bickerman and Tropper (2007), Studies in Jewish and Christian History, 536
shechemites Bickerman and Tropper (2007), Studies in Jewish and Christian History, 495, 536
sirach Bickerman and Tropper (2007), Studies in Jewish and Christian History, 536
strabo,on gauls Gruen (2011), Rethinking the Other in Antiquity, 156
temple,herodian warning inscription Bickerman and Tropper (2007), Studies in Jewish and Christian History, 495
temple,purity Bickerman and Tropper (2007), Studies in Jewish and Christian History, 495
temple,regulations Bickerman and Tropper (2007), Studies in Jewish and Christian History, 495
timagenes Gruen (2011), Rethinking the Other in Antiquity, 156
zoroaster Bickerman and Tropper (2007), Studies in Jewish and Christian History, 536; Edelmann-Singer et al. (2020), Sceptic and Believer in Ancient Mediterranean Religions, 248