 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - Greece - 1831 - 280 pages
...omens by flight ; and the (pdtxul, which gave omens by singing. Birds were fortunate or unfortunate, either from their own nature, or from the place and manner of their appearance. If a flock of various kinds of birds flew about any person, it was considered an excellent omen. The... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Mythology - 1832 - 128 pages
...there ? Who were called Augurs ? 11. What of the office of Augurs ? nate or unfortunate eitherfrotn their own nature, or from the place and manner of their appearance. Bees were considered an omen of future eloquence. A swarm of bees having fixed themselves on the lips... | |
 | Peter Parley - Mythology - 1839 - 384 pages
...resounding wings The" imperial bird descends in airy rings. 16. Birds were fortunate or unfortunate either from their own nature, or from the place and manner of their appearance. Eastern omens were accounted good by the Grecians, Romans, and all other nations, because in the east... | |
 | P. Austin Nuttall - Archaeology - 1840 - 722 pages
...deemed propitious. Divination was also practised by birds. When the Grecian Augurs made observations they were clothed in white, and had a crown of gold...or from the place and manner of their appearance. Omens were derived from insects and reptiles. Bees were esteemed an omen of eloquence ; toads were... | |
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What is remarkable of the divination by birds? vations, they were clothed in white, and had a crown of gold upon their heads ; and the birds which they saw, were accounted ominous, either from their own nature, or from the place and manner of their appearance.... 