 | John Potter (abp. of Canterbury.) - 1818 - 618 pages
...stain'd ; His pious oflFring thus the hero paid. Calling upon the manes of the dead. n. H. When the pile was burnt down, and the flames had ceased, they extinguished the remains of the fire with wine ; which being done, they collected the bones and ashes. Thus Homer relates of the Trojans at Hector's... | |
 | John Potter - Greece - 1818 - 616 pages
...; His pious ofF'ring thus the hero paid. Calling upon the manes of the dead. 1 1. H. When the pile was burnt down, and the flames had ceased, they extinguished the remains of the fire with wine ; which being done, they collected the bones and ashes. Thus Homer relates of the Trojans at Hector's... | |
 | John Potter - 1818 - 626 pages
...stain'd; His pious ofTring thus the hero paid, Calling upon the manes of the dead. H. H, When the pile was burnt down, and the flames had ceased, they extinguished the remains of the tire with wine ; which being done, they collected the bones and ashes. Thus Homer relates of the Trojans... | |
 | John Potter - 1840 - 864 pages
...stood by it, pouring forth libations of wine, and calling upon the deceased. 5 When the pile was burned down, and the flames had ceased, they extinguished the remains of the fire with wine, and then they collected the bones and ashes. 6 This last office, it appears, was performed by near... | |
 | P. Austin Nuttall - Archaeology - 1840 - 722 pages
...of rank, they also burned with his body many of his slaves and captives. The pile was lighted by the nearest relations of the deceased ; and when it was burnt down, and the. names had ceased, they extinguished the remains of the fire with wine. When the fire was extinguished,... | |
 | William Burder - 1841 - 624 pages
...stood by it, pouring forth libations of wine, and calling upon the deceased. When the pile was burned down, and the flames had ceased, they extinguished the remains of the fire with wine, which being done, they collected the bones and ashes. The bones were sometimes washed with wine, and... | |
 | Amos Dean - Civilization - 1869 - 550 pages
...in flames the friends poured forth libations of wine, calling on the deceased by name. When the pile was burnt down, and the flames had ceased, they extinguished the remains of the fire with wine, and afterwards collected the bones and ashes. They placed the body in the middle of the pile, and the... | |
 | Funeral rites and ceremonies - 1876 - 422 pages
...stood by it, pouring forth libations of wine, and calling upon the deceased. When the pile was burned down, and the flames had ceased, they extinguished the remains of the fire with wine, which being done, they collected the bones and ashes. The bones were sometimes washed with wine, and... | |
 | Albert Leighton Rawson - Latter Day Saint churches - 1886 - 866 pages
...stood by it, pouring forth libations of wine, and calling upon the deceased. When the pile was burned down, and the flames had ceased, they extinguished the remains of the fire with wine, which being done, they collected the bones and ashes. The bones were sometimes washed with wine, and... | |
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... soldiers, with the rest of the company, made a solemn procession three times round the pile, to express their respect to the dead. During the time the pile was burning, the dead person's friends stood by it, pouring forth libations of wine, and calling... 