The metamorphoses of Apuleius : a romance of the second century

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other oris of artificiat lighis, hil a goodi choi ofyouilis, elud in long close-fittin robes of rilliant White, an a beautis ut hymn composed unde savour of themuses by a talento poet expressi sor the oeca- Sion, and accompanted by the weet lovet melod of the pipeS. Aster these advanced, preceded by peopte proclaim- in the approach of the sacred things, pipers, solioWed by the principat votivo ossering dedicato xto the great god Serapis, hile ponooeds, inclining in an oblique directio toWard tho right ear, the played an introductor melody the famem ther ere USed to performi the templo of that deity Asterward came oroWdingsorWayd, clud in linen obes of cloar hining White, agreat number of men and omen os ali classes, and of ali ages, no had boon initiated in tho divino mysteries. The hair of tho omen a moistened by persume, and onveloped in a uansparent overing but the men, terrestria star ascit ero of the reat religion, erethoroughly haven, and thei bald head shone exueed-

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the Oxtended to the Vie of the public the symboliculinsignia of tho mos pomerses of at the divinitios Thosirst, illi ut stret hed artiis carried in his and alampono Sueli a thos commoni uso to illuminato evening anqueis, ut a lam of old in the ormos a boat, that rom an orifico in tho iddie omitto a sum os extraordinary rightness, and large Sige than ordina . Tho second, clad liko thosirst carriod in ea ch of his and a mali altar, uehas missi symbolica reserene to the auxiliar providenoe of the supreme Goddess, ero callo auxilia. V Thosiird carrio a goiden palmorue, of hicli the leaves mere mos boautis uil Wrought held in a perpendicular position Pand also he bore a caduceus, like the caduceus os Mercu . Tho ourth, as he Wallied along displayedio the spectator the figur os a est hand with the palmipe and expanded, representing thereis a symbol

crast, is heres ore an appropriate emblem. At thesam time sine proceode ho oured on the round

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Immodia tot after ali these carne tho mage of the Gods, hieli condescendin to avai themsolves of the

The mystica vannus Iacchi, ' evidently the Origin os hofans of hite ea cock eathers subet ), with hici, at thepresentia the ope is lia de by his attendanis, in th grandceremonia of the benedictionis the eople, c. e See also, in the processionis Isis, the prototype Os the Roman Carnivat.

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With in Wondorsu hieroglyphic of the gyptians.

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I could pluini percoive had received tho admonitionof the nocturna oraclo, topped ali of a suddon of his

oWn aecord, and wonderstruo a the coincidoneo spresent circumstances With his vision, hel the oro ren

The metamorphose a accomptishod illi uel extraordinar sacility that tho senses of the priosis and

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This passage- Eat nunc, et Summo furore aeViat, et crudelitati suae materiam quaerat aliam ' is lone sussicient tostium that Lesage, henae composed Gilitas, ha in vi0w tho Metamorphoses os Apuleius. In addition to the coincidunc os the cave of Obbers, the obbers narratives, Dam Leonarda thecaptive damsel, and her escape illi the hero os the tale, 0ing person and evenis introduced into both compositions the a bove apostrophe to Fortune is rendered almos litorali in Latin vorso by Lesage Theclines inscribed by Gilitas, Bout o devoto himself to a lis os rura retirement, ver the door of his h0use.

Inveni portum, spes et fortuna Valete, Sat me lusistis Gudite minc EOS.''

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maystae the more secure an belle protected enrol

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age of Heaven ; thus after a manno tora bor again, and bo at nee betaeothed to the service of th holyministry. V In his manne the eopte continue tomahe obServation concernin me, and reet me ince8- suntly With thoi noisy congratulations, ill at astW arrive at the ery potin the ea-8hore here on

m vision a there atready, and the chies prius Without more ad proceoded immediatet to consecrate an idedicat it to tho oddes Isis Accordingly the chaste, holy man, sirs havin causod the nuges of thogod to e arrange i in proper order, commenced by the mos solem prayer the eremon of purification, whiel, as mos caretiis persormed illi an ere, sulphur, and a lighted orch, aecordin to the properritos. his auspiciolas siti Was of eautis ut sorin and varie ated appearanee, overe ali ver the oulside With the wondors ut hieroglyptates of the gyptians. The mast, a tali pine-tree, round and posished, Wasalready aised, ines remarkable dor the elegande of

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through tho intorve in distance, ill e could nolongo distinguisti her Thon the boarors of the sacredining took moach What he had rought, and we allJoysuli returne to the placo heno the had come

of tho divino mages, an ali hos persons h had beo initiatod into in venerable secret mySteries, ere admitte into the sanctuary of the oddess, here