[46]. Ib. iv, 633-640; 731-736.

[47]. Ovidii Fast. ii, v, 673-688.

[48]. Æn. ii, 717.

[49]. Ibid. vi, 229.—The (novissima verba) last or parting words, were addressed to the deceased,—“Vale! Vale! Vale!” Farewell! Farewell! Farewell!

[50]. Compare above, p. [138].

[51]. Euripides in Alcest. 398. See, also, Aristophanes in Eccl. 1025.

[52]. Rees’s Encyclopedia, article, “Lustration.”

[53]. Above, p. [175].

[54]. Κλυζω (klyzō) to besprinkle, to water, to rinse, to dash over. “The sea, besprinkling, washes away all the crimes of men.”

[55]. Iphigenia in Taur. 1192-1194.