the remains of a worship which preceded the rise of the Hellenic mythology and its attendant rites, grounded on a view of nature, less fanciful, more earnest, and better fitted to awaken both philosophical thought and religious feeling. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities - Seite 461von William Smith - 1859 - 1293 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Connop Thirlwall - 1838 - 432 Seiten
...lamblichus. See Lobeck Aglaoph. p. 723. probable than that which holds them to have been the remains of a worship, •which preceded the rise of the Hellenic...both philosophical thought and religious feeling. It is extremely doubtful how far they were ever used as a vehicle for the exposition of theological... | |
| Connop Thirlwall - 1845 - 1178 Seiten
...Greek myste ries, none seem more probable than that which holds them to have been the remains of a worship which preceded the rise of the Hellenic mythology...both philosophical thought and religious feeling. It is extremely doubtful how far they were ever used as a vehicle for the exposition of theological... | |
| William Smith, Charles Anthon - 1846 - 402 Seiten
...expected. The most sober and probable view is that, according to which, " they were the remains of a worship which preceded the rise of the Hellenic mythology...both philosophical thought and religious feeling." EUTHE'RIA (t ELEUTHE'RIA (t^evBipia), the feast of liberty, a festival which the Greeks, after the... | |
| William Smith - 1851 - 366 Seiten
...expected. The most sober and probable view is that, according to which, 44 they were the remains of a worship which preceded the rise of the Hellenic mythology...both philosophical thought and religious feeling." ELEUTHE'RIA (&evOtptd), the feast of liberty, a festival which the Greeks, after the battle of Plataeae... | |
| Charles Anthon - 1852 - 468 Seiten
...expected. The most sober and probable view is that according to which " they were the remains of a worship which preceded the rise of the Hellenic mythology...rites, grounded on a view of nature less fanciful, more i jv. A., xv., 20. 3 SelaL ad Find., Ol. ix., 150. • Andoc., de Mya., p. 54. * Sematth. c. Mid.,... | |
| Horace - 1854 - 484 Seiten
...satisfactory result. The most probable supposition is that according to which " they were the remains of a worship which preceded the rise of the Hellenic mythology...and religious feeling." Thirlwall, Hist, of Greece, Vol. II. p. 140. 28, 29. fragilem phaselum; the pi,aselns, which was properly an Egyptian vessel, was... | |
| William Smith - 1854 - 396 Seiten
...expected. The most sober and probable view is that, according to which, " they were the remains of a worship which preceded the rise of the Hellenic mythology...nature, less fanciful, more earnest, and better fitted toawakenbothphilosophical thought and religious feeling." ELEUTHE'RIA (Meuflfpia), the feast of liberty,... | |
| Connop Thirlwall - 1860 - 586 Seiten
...than that which bolda them to have been the remain^of a worship which preceded the rise of thrHelleni< mythology and its attendant rites, grounded on a view...both philosophical thought and religious feeling. It is extremely doubtful how far they were ever used as a vehicle for the exposition of theological... | |
| 1865 - 854 Seiten
...a solution as any other seems to be that of Bishop Thirlwall, who finds in them ' the remains of a worship which preceded the rise of the Hellenic mythology...better fitted to awaken both philosophical thought aud religions feeling.' The festival itself consisted of two parts, the greater and the lesser mysteries.... | |
| Cornelius Conway Felton - 1867 - 534 Seiten
...the superintendence of hereditary priesthoods. Thirlwall thinks, that " they were the remains of a worship which preceded the rise of the Hellenic mythology...both philosophical thought and religious feeling." This conclusion is still furthei confirmed by the moral and religious tone of the poets, — such as... | |
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