[19] Mary Magdalene, of Magdala, was not the sinner, the woman of the city, who washed the feet of Jesus. She appears to have been a reputable person, while the other had been a prostitute. What a lesson is read to us by Christ’s behaviour to her!
[20] See Goguet, “Origine des Loix,” with Herodotus, Strabo, and Quintus Curtius.
[21] Dr. Beloe also takes this view.
[22] Diodorus Siculus, i. 59. See also the Euterpe of Herodotus, and Sir G. Wilkinson’s Ancient Egypt.
[23] Manners and Customs of Ancient Greece, by J. A. St. John.
[24] Manners and Customs of Ancient Greece, by J. A. St. John.
[25] Mackinnon’s History of Civilization.
[26] This view is chiefly drawn from information collected in Manners and Customs of Ancient Greece, by J. A. St. John.
[27] Potter’s Antiquities of Greece.
[28] Ibid.