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1. Homer, Odyssey, 9.551-9.555, 12.356-12.365, 13.184-13.187 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •sacrifice (thysia), standards of decorum Found in books: Eidinow and Kindt (2015), The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Religion, 472

2. Aristophanes, Peace, 960 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •sacrifice (thysia), standards of decorum Found in books: Eidinow and Kindt (2015), The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Religion, 471

960. σείου σὺ ταχέως: σὺ δὲ πρότεινε τῶν ὀλῶν,

3. Plutarch, Agesilaus, 33.6 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •sacrifice (thysia), standards of decorum Found in books: Eidinow and Kindt (2015), The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Religion, 469

4. Plutarch, Comparison of Numa With Lycurgus, 19.8 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •sacrifice (thysia), standards of decorum Found in books: Eidinow and Kindt (2015), The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Religion, 469

5. Porphyry, On Abstinence, 1.25, 2.9 (3rd cent. CE - 4th cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •sacrifice (thysia), standards of decorum Found in books: Eidinow and Kindt (2015), The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Religion, 471

1.25. 25.Moreover, the Gods themselves, for the sake of a remedy, have delivered mandates to many persons about sacrificing animals. For history is full of instances of the Gods having ordered certain persons to sacrifice animals, and, when sacrificed, to eat them. For, in the return of the Heraclidae, those who engaged in war against Lacedsemon, in conjunction with Eurysthenes and Proscles, through a want of necessaries, were compelled to eat serpents, which the land at that time afforded for the nutriment of the army. In Libya, also, a cloud of locusts fell for the relief of another army that was oppressed by hunger. The same thing likewise happened at Gades. Bogus was a king of the Mauritanians, who was slain by Agrippa in Mothone. He in that place attacked the temple of Hercules, which was most rich. But it was the custom of the priests daily to sprinkle the altar with blood. That this, however, was not effected by the decision of men, but by that of divinity, the occasion at that time demonstrated. For, the seige being continued for a long time, victims were wanting. But the priest being dubious how he should act, had the following vision in a dream. He seemed to himself to be standing in the middle of the pillars of the temple of Hercules, and afterwards to see a bird sitting opposite to the altar, and endeavouring to fly to it, but which at length flew into his hands. He also saw that the altar was sprinkled with its blood. Seeing this, he rose as soon as it was day, and went to the altar, and standing on the turret, as he thought he did in his dream, he looked round, and saw the very bird which he had seen in his sleep. Hoping, therefore, that his dream would be fulfilled, he stood still, saw the bird fly to the altar and sit upon it, and deliver itself into the hands of the high priest. Thus the bird was sacrificed, and the altar sprinkled with blood. That, however, which happened at Cyzicus, is still more celebrated than this |24 event. For Mithridates having besieged this city, the festival of Proserpine was then celebrated, in which it was requisite to sacrifice an ox. But the sacred herds, from which it was necessary the victim should be taken, fed opposite to the city, on the continent 11: and one of them was already marked for this purpose. When, therefore, the hour demanded the sacrifice, the ox lowed, and swam over the sea, and the guards of the city opened the gates to it. Then the ox directly ran into the city, and stood at the altar, and was sacrificed to the Goddess. Not unreasonably, therefore, was it thought to be most pious to sacrifice many animals, since it appeared that the sacrifice of them was pleasing to the Gods. SPAN 2.9. 9.The sacrifice, therefore, through animals is posterior and most recent, and originated from a cause which is not of a pleasing nature, like that of the sacrifice from fruits, but received its commencement either from famine, or some other unfortunate circumstance. The causes, indeed, of the peculiar mactations among the Athenians, had their beginning, either in ignorance, or anger, or fear. For the slaughter of swine is attributed to an involuntary error of Clymene, who, by unintentionally striking, slew the animal. Hence her husband, being terrified as if he had perpetrated an illegal deed, consulted the oracle of the Pythian God about it. But as the God did not condemn what had happened, the slaughter of animals was afterwards considered as a thing of an indifferent nature. The inspector, however, of sacred rites, who was the offspring of prophets, wishing to make an offering of first-fruits from sheep, was permitted to do so, it is said, by an oracle, but with much caution and fear. For the oracle was as follows:--- "offspring of prophets, sheep by force to slay, The Gods permit not thee: but with wash'd hands For thee 'tis lawful any sheep to kill, That dies a voluntary death." SPAN

6. Epigraphy, Rhodes & Osborne Ghi, 73.2-73.3 Tagged with subjects: •sacrifice (thysia), standards of decorum Found in books: Eidinow and Kindt (2015), The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Religion, 469

7. Epigraphy, Lsam, 32.12, 81.6-81.9 Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Eidinow and Kindt (2015), The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Religion, 469

8. Epigraphy, Lss, 14.35-14.40 Tagged with subjects: •sacrifice (thysia), standards of decorum Found in books: Eidinow and Kindt (2015), The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Religion, 469

9. Epigraphy, Ig Ii2, 713.9-713.10, 1186.10 Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Eidinow and Kindt (2015), The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Religion, 469

10. Epigraphy, Ig Xii,5, 595 Tagged with subjects: •sacrifice (thysia), standards of decorum Found in books: Eidinow and Kindt (2015), The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Religion, 469

11. Epigraphy, Ig Xii,7, 241.6-241.7 Tagged with subjects: •sacrifice (thysia), standards of decorum Found in books: Eidinow and Kindt (2015), The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Religion, 469

12. Demosthenes, Schol., 24.28, 59.85-59.86 Tagged with subjects: •sacrifice (thysia), standards of decorum Found in books: Eidinow and Kindt (2015), The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Religion, 467, 469

13. Various, Fgrh, None Tagged with subjects: •sacrifice (thysia), standards of decorum Found in books: Eidinow and Kindt (2015), The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Religion, 469

14. Epigraphy, Cid (Rougemont Et Al.), 4.71.4 Tagged with subjects: •sacrifice (thysia), standards of decorum Found in books: Eidinow and Kindt (2015), The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Religion, 469

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