[16:] Thuc., i. 13.
V.—RELIGION AND SUPERSTITION.
(Wall-Cases 98-106.)
The wide subjects of Religion and Superstition are naturally represented in a fragmentary way in the few cases devoted to them in this collection. They are roughly classified in the following description, into groups, viz.:—
- (1) Implements and methods of worship.
- (2) Votive offerings.
- (3) Superstition and Magic.
Implements and methods of worship.
Fig. 29.—Altar Dedicated for the Safe Return of Septimius Severus and his Family (No. 84). Ht. 2 ft. 7 in.
Altars, etc.—The larger altars (and sepulchral chests of altar form) will be found in the sculpture galleries. Here we have (No. 83) a small altar, from Dodona, inscribed as belonging to all the gods,[17] and various model altars, probably used in some cases for the burning of incense.