john9221
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to another sacred building. The few then who have been
left about the imagedraw a wain with four wheelswhich bears the shrine
and the image that is within the shrineand the other priests standing in the
gateway try to prevent it from enteringand the men who are under a vow
come to the assistance of the god and strike themwhile the others defend
themselves. Then there comes to be a hard fight with stavesand they
break one another's headsand I am of opinion that many even die of the
wounds they receive; the Egyptians however told me that no one died.
This solemn assembly the people of the place say that they established for
the following reason:--the mother of Aresthey sayused to dwell in this
templeand Areshaving been brought up away from herwhen he grew
up came thither desiring to visit his motherand the attendants of his
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mother's templenot having seen him beforedid not permit him to pass in
but kept him away; and he brought men to help him from another city and
handled roughly the attendants of the templeand entered to visit his
mother. Hencethey saythis exchange of blows has become the custom in
honour of Ares upon his festival.
The Egyptians were the first who made it a point of yilai:
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