 | 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,...if the bodies of their friends could not be found, they erected to them an emply tomb, (TUMULUS IN-ANIS, «t«*Tofu». Crnotnphiian), at which they performed... | |
 | Alexander Adam - 1819 - 572 oldal
...law. Tacit, de Mor. Germ. 19. IV. ROMAN FUNERALS. Romans paid the greatest attention to funeral-riles, because they believed that the souls of the unburied...if the bodies of their friends could not be found, they erected to them an empty tomb, (TUMULUS IN AXIS, xtvoraQun*, Cenotnphmm), at which they performed... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Alexander Adam - 1826 - 508 oldal
...Germans, second marriages were prohibited by law, Tacit, de Mor. Germ. 1 9. IV. ROMAX FUNERALS. THE Romans paid the greatest attention to funeral-rites,...if the bodies of their friends could not be found, they erected to them an empty tomb, (TUMULUS INAKIS, xsvoroipiov, Cenotaphium,) at which they performed... | |
 | Alexander Adam - 1826 - 510 oldal
...prohibited by law, Tacit, de Mar. Germ. 19. IV. ROMM FUNERALS. \\ THE Romans paid the greatest attention (o funeral-rites, because they believed that the souls...before they .were allowed to cross it ; for which rea- ,' son, if the bodies of their friends could not be found, they erected to f them an empty tomb,... | |
 | 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...if the bodies of their friends could not be found, they erected to them an empty tomb." As to the corpse " a small coin was put in his mouth, which he... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Alexander Adam - 1830 - 508 oldal
...Tacit, de Mor. Germ. 1 9. IV. ROMAN FUNERALS. The Romans paid the greatest attention to funeral rites, because they believed that the souls of the unburied...dead ; or at least wandered a hundred years along the rirer Styr, before they were allowed to cress it ; for wh;ch reason, if the bodies of their friends... | |
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THE Romans paid the greatest attention to funeral-rites, because they believed 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 allowed to cross... 
