Note 381 — Chapter VI · [263]
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Water for purification and other religious rites is frequently noticed by the classical writers. Thus, Euripides:
“Ἀγνοἴς καθαρμοἴς πρῶτά νιν νίψαι θέλω. θάλασσα κλύϛει πάντα τἀνθρώπων κακά.” Iphig. in Taur., vv. 1192, 1194.
The notes on this place, in the admirable Variorum edition of Glasgow, 1821, contain references to several passages of similar import in different authors.