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Prolegomena to the study of Greek religion

Note 642 — Chapter V · THE DEMONOLOGY OF GHOSTS AND SPRITES AND BOGEYS. (continued 2)

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Aesch. Eum. 1028

φοινικοβάπτοις ἐνδυτοῖς ἐσθήμασιν τιμᾶτε καὶ τὸ φέγγος ὁρμάσθω πυρός, ὅπως ἂν εὔφρων ἥδ’ ὁμιλία χθονὸς τὸ λοιπὸν εὐάνδροισι συμφοραῖς πρέπῃ.

The construction of τιμᾶτε is uncertain, there being no expressed grammatical object; but the two ritual factors, the torches and crimson garments, are certain.

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