 | Alexander Adam - 1807 - 636 oldal
...Among the Germans second marriages were prohibited by law. Tacit, df Mor. Germ. 19. IV. ROMAN FUNERALS. Romans paid the greatest attention to funeral-rites,...if the bodies of their friends could not be found, theyerected to them an empty tomb, (TUMULUS INASMS, *tvora$iov, Cenotaphium), at which they performed... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1809 - 716 oldal
...notion already mentioned, of pollution being communicated \>y touching a dead bod)'. It was believe-!, that the souls of the unburied were not admitted into the abodes of the dead, or, at least, that they -wandered for a hundred yeurs along the river Styx, before they were allowed to cross it.... | |
 | Alexander Adam - 1819 - 578 oldal
...the Germans, second marriages were prohibited by law. Tacit, de Mor. Germ. 19. IV. ROMAN FUNERALS. ^E Romans paid the greatest attention to funeral-rites,...friends could not be found, they erected to them an emply tomb, (TUMULUS IN-ANIS, «t«*Tofu». Crnotnphiian), at which they performed the usual solemnities,... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1819 - 432 oldal
...of the on buried were not admitted into the abodei of the dead, or, at least, that they wandered for a hundred years along the river Styx, before they were allowed to cross it. Whoever saw a dead body was obliged to throw some earth upon it, and if he neglected to do so, he was... | |
 | Walter Balfour - 1828 - 374 oldal
...that the souls of the unburied were not admitted into the abodes of the dead ; or at least wandered an hundred years along the river Styx, before they were...not be found, they erected to them an empty tomb." As to the corpse " a small coin was put in his mouth, which he might give to Charon, the ferryman of... | |
 | Walter Balfour - 1828 - 374 oldal
...death. Adam, in his Roman Antiquities says, "The Romans paid the greatest attention to funeral rites, because they believed that the souls of the unburied...into the abodes of the dead ; or at least wandered an hundred years along the river Styx, before they were allowed to cross it ; for which reason, if... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1828 - 360 oldal
...bodies were either buried or burnt, and the greatest attention was paid to funeral rites, because it was believed that the souls of the unburied were not admitted into the abodes of the dead. When a person was at the point of death, his nearest relations endeavored to catch his last breath... | |
 | Charles Knapp Dillaway - 1831 - 192 oldal
...nuptial song in praise of the new married couple. The Romans paid great attention to funeral rites, because they believed that the souls of the unburied...the river Styx before they were allowed to cross it. When any one was at the point of death, his nearest relation present endeavored to catch his last breath... | |
 | Alexander Adam - 1835 - 570 oldal
...were prohibited by law.14 IV. ROMAN FUNERALS. THE Romans paid the greatest attention to funeral rites, because they believed that the souls of the unburied...into the abodes of the dead, or, at least, wandered л hundred years along the river LStyx, before they were allowed to cross it; for -ithic.h reason,... | |
 | Charles Knapp Dillaway - 1836 - 178 oldal
...nuptial song in praise of the new married couple. The Romans paid great attention to funeral rites, because they believed that the souls of the unburied...into the abodes of the dead ; or at least wandered a bundred years along the river Styx before they were allowed to cross it. When any one was at the point... | |
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The Romans paid the greatest attention to funeral rites, because they believed, like the Grecians, that the souls of the unburied were not admitted into the abodes of the dead, or at least wandered a hundred years along the river Styx before they were... 
