[1379] Soph. Antig. 804–5.

[1380] ibid. 810–16.

[1381] ibid. 891–2.

[1382] ibid. 1203–7.

[1383] ibid. 1240–1.

[1384] Pindar, Fragm. 139 (Bergk).

[1385] Aesch. Prom. 940 ff.

[1386] Oneirocr. II. 49. The word τέλη denotes here not merely a ‘rite,’ but a ‘consummation’ by which a man becomes τέλειος. See below, p. [591].

[1387] ibid. I. 80. To translate the passage more fully is not convenient; I append the original: θεῷ δὲ ἢ θεᾷ μιγῆναι ἢ ὑπὸ θεοῦ περανθῆναι νοσοῦντι μὲν θάνατον σημαίνει· τότε γὰρ ἡ ψυχὴ τὰς τῶν θεῶν συνόδους τε καὶ μίξεις μαντεύεται, ὅταν ἐγγὺς ᾖ τοῦ καταλιπεῖν τὸ σῶμα ᾧ ἐνοικεῖ.

[1388] ibid. II. 65.