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adopted a different fable to account for the stoppage at Aulis, and
seem to have found the sacrifice of Iphigena better suited to form
the subject of a tragedy. Compare Dryden's "Æneid," vol. iii. sqq.
90 --Full of his god, i.e., Apollo, filled with the prophetic spirit.
"The god" would be more simple and emphatic.
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1 Those critics who have maintained that the "Catalogue of Ships" is
an interpolation, should have paid more attention to these lines,
which form a most natural introduction to their enumeration.
92 The following observation will be useful to Homeric readers:
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Particular animals were, at a later time, consecrated to particular
deities. To Jupiter, Ceres, Juno, Apollo, and Bacchus victims of
advanced age might be offered. An ox of five years old was
considered especially acceptable to Jupiter. A black bull, a ram, or
a boar pig, were offerings for Neptune. A heifer, or a sheep, for
Minerva. To Ceres a sow was sacrificed, as an enemy to corn. The
goat to Bacchus, because he fed on vines. Diana was propitiated with
a stag; and to Venus the dove was consecrated. The infernal and evil
deities were to be appeased with black victims. The most acceptable
of all sacrifices was the heifer of a year old, which had never
borne the yoke. It was to be perfect in every limb, healthy, and
without blemish."--"Elgin Marbles," vol. i. p. 78.
93 --Idomeneus, son of Deucalion, was king of Crete. Having vowed,
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