 The pig is considered, by Egyptians, as an unclean animal : in the first place, if any one passing by a pig should touch the beast with his garments, he forthwith goes down to the river and plunges in [with all his clothes on] : secondly, the swine-herds,...  The Nine Books of the History of Herodotus - Page 129by Herodotus - 1846Full view - About this book
 | Herodotus - 1837 - 450 pages
...pig should touch the beast with his garments, he forthwith goes down to the river and plunges in77: secondly, the swine-herds, although native Egyptians,...is, it is more becoming I should say nothing about it78. This sacrifice to the Moon is thus performed: after the sacrificer 79 has slaughtered the victim80,... | |
 | John George Wood - 1870 - 744 pages
...think it right to sacrifice swine to any other deities, but to the moon and Bacchus they sacrifice them at the same time ; that is to say, at the same full moon, and then they eat the flesh This sacrifice of pigs to the moon is performed in the following manner.... | |
 | John George Wood - 1869 - 758 pages
...think it right to sacrifice swine to any other deities, but to the moon and Bacchus they sacrifice them at the same time ; that is to say, at the same full moon, and then they eat the flesh This sacrifice of pigs to the moon is performed in the following manner.... | |
 | John George Wood - 1887 - 264 pages
...think it right to sacrifice Swine to any other deities, but to the moon and Bacchus they sacrifice them at the same time ; that is to say, at the same full moon, and then they eat the flesh. .... This sacrifice of pigs to the moon is performed in the following... | |
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