The Customs And Lore of Modern Greece
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2 Iliad xxiii. 181, &c.
3 Paus. Ii. 3.
190 The Customs and Lore of Modern Greece.
Odysseus, who was stoned to death by the inhabitants of Temessa, where he had ravished a virgin. He became a "demon, " and preyed upon the inhabitants of Temessa in revenge, until the Pythian deity, called into consultation, found a way for them out of their troubles. 4 Again, this indefatigable collector of myths and miracles tells us how the land of Orchomenus was afflicted by a spectre, which sat upon a stone, ...and that when the oracle was consulted, its answer was that the men of Orchomenos should search for and bury the remains of Actaeon ; make a brazen image of the spectre, and fasten it to the stone. In the " Phaedo " of Plato there is allusion to the soul which, being impure at its release, haunts graves and tombs, and still clings to the visible ; and many suggestive passages might be cited from later writers. Finally, the Mormo, the Empusa, and the Lamia possessed the blood-sucking reputation of the vampire in the popular superstitions of antiquity.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
2 Iliad xxiii. 181, &c.
3 Paus. Ii. 3.
190 The Customs and Lore of Modern Greece.
Odysseus, who was stoned to death by the inhabitants of Temessa, where he had ravished a virgin. He became a "demon, " and preyed upon the inhabitants of Temessa in revenge, until the Pythian deity, called into consultation, found a way for them out of their troubles. 4 Again, this indefatigable collector of myths and miracles tells us how the land of Orchomenus was afflicted by a spectre, which sat upon a stone, ...and that when the oracle was consulted, its answer was that the men of Orchomenos should search for and bury the remains of Actaeon ; make a brazen image of the spectre, and fasten it to the stone. In the " Phaedo " of Plato there is allusion to the soul which, being impure at its release, haunts graves and tombs, and still clings to the visible ; and many suggestive passages might be cited from later writers. Finally, the Mormo, the Empusa, and the Lamia possessed the blood-sucking reputation of the vampire in the popular superstitions of antiquity.
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