 ... a priest of secret and nocturnal rites. These mysterious rites were, at first, imparted to a few, but afterwards communicated to great numbers, both men and women. To their religious performances were added the pleasures of wine and feasting, to allure...  The History of Rome - Pagina 285di Livy - 1823Visualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | Livy - 1844 - 424 pagine
...introduced among us, but a low operator in sacrifices, and a soothsayer ; nor was * 6*. M. f 31. 4,. Id tie to be ranked with those who, publicly professing to...mysterious rites were at first imparted to a few, but afterward communicated to great numbers, both men and women. To their religious performances were added... | |
 | Livy - 1850 - 642 pagine
...teaching, imbued the minds of his followers with terror, but a priest of secret and nocturnal rites. These mysterious rites were, at first, imparted to...added the pleasures of wine and feasting, to allure a greater number of proselytes. When wine, lascivious discourse, night, and the intercourse of the... | |
 | Victor Duruy - 1884 - 520 pagine
...into Etruria, bringing with him these secret and nocturnal rites. They were at first imparted to but a few, but afterwards communicated to great numbers, both men and women ; the infection of this mischief, like the contagion of disease, spread from Etruria to Rome, where... | |
 | Oliver Joseph Thatcher - 1907 - 466 pagine
...teaching, imbued the minds of his followers with terror, but a priest of secret and nocturnal rites. These mysterious rites were, at first, imparted to...added the pleasures of wine and feasting, to allure a greater number of proselytes. When wine, lascivious discourse, night, and the intercourse of the... | |
 | Otto Augustus Wall - 1919 - 774 pagine
...underlying motive of religion. CONCERNING THE BACCHANALIA In 186 BC the Senate made inquiries. mysteries were, at first, imparted to a few, but afterwards...added the pleasures of wine and feasting, to allure a greater number of proselytes. When wine, lascivious discourse, night, and the intercourse of the... | |
 | George Howe, Gustave Adolphus Harrer - 1924 - 660 pagine
...teaching, imbued the minds of his followers with terror, but a priest of secret and nocturnal rites. These mysterious rites were, at first, imparted to...added the pleasures of wine and feasting to allure a greater number of proselytes. When wine, lascivious discourse, night, and the intercourse of the... | |
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