It is a curious coincidence also that Pausanias, as Taylor translates him, when about to describe the mysteries of Eleusis which was connected with the underworld and Orphic ritual, '. . . was restrained from the execution of this design by a vision in... The Description of Greece - Page 37by Pausanias - 1824Full view - About this book
| Edward Vaughan Kenealy - Bible - 1870 - 766 pages
...were; and they help greatly to mislead. Paiuauias is one of these. It was my intention indeed, he says, to have related every particular about the Temple...I was restrained from the execution of this design l>ya vision in a dream. I shall therefore return to such particulars as it is lawful to disclose. (i.... | |
| Royal Historical Society (Great Britain) - Great Britain - 1876 - 482 pages
...of anything relating to the mysteries concerning them. The reason he gives is as follows : " It was my intention, indeed, to have related every particular...execution of this design by a vision in a dream." This ill-fated dream he bears in mind throughout his descriptions, and often draws up suddenly, and... | |
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