T T R ;A ¥ ¥ ïj S i N G R E ^ C È J -
iafity*; exhibiritig- a teligtbüs* fpe&âblé ^nglikrfÿ'vftrîkîng iând
folemn: It i¥ Remarkable, that thë^ëlëteatibfi -èf ' the rriyfte^
rics; was only onee interrupted iduring the very long period
o f thèir exiftence. % Alexander the Great to o kT h eb e son the
fixth day, and the Athenians then defifted', that their acclamations
to Iâcëhus iûîghTnot ie-dchd to'the cries of the captives.
C P A B, XL IL
E xiin&tori o f tieEleufiman m y J kH if^ p fp U tfs-^ -O fth e i^ flc
temple, &e. --- OtKer femdtns ^^■ 'Road lo Megara*
A PRINCIPAL iBgredifcnt in1 the1 chara&fer of1 theAthehP-
*sina was piety'7n the extrettle.‘ Thiif ds f t5 diTpbTed* thWh
'readily to3 admit the knowlege'of any unknown god, fq it preferred
them in general Unalienatedfrbm old opinions; ’and rigid
ohfd^ers' Sf eftablhhed'* cerilhbnialtf.; Though St.1 Paul hacl
preach^Adhdfian0Afehjia^te been converted, the perfume of fil-
dbrife tffcehdfcd, as before, to the idol ; the vidtim wks offered ';
the proccffion made ; and the public attention engaged in-ftiR
- filling the ritual of Ceres and Profdrpirie, Minerva, and Bacchus,
and the like divinities." Eieufis ftill maintained an extenfive
reputation, and appeared the edrtimon property o f all hations’V
fo many pilgrims from various and remote parts o f ' the Rvprld
continued to vifit it at the feafon o f the myfteries. The fedta-
Ries increafing, the old formulary “ Begone ye profane” «was
changed; and the herald proclaimed, m I f any Afheiftp* Or
« Chriftian, or Epicurean is conie a fpy on the "Orgies, let him
<< jnftantly retire; but let thofe who believe-be initiated, with
“ ' goOdTortune.” The Chriftiarts, while the emperor Hadrian
refided at Athens, were perfecuted and Quadfatus, a difciplc
‘*Tji thé year of 125.
of
T R 1 N G E E G E "
of the
apology for .their /prqfcffion. -A t length aUw p roh vb itm g
3 S rites iwas p^blilhed by Valentinian * * * *
whom julian had- conftituted.governor.of Achaia, prevailed on
him to revoke :it, ;»rging i.that the lives o f the Greeks g r t f e f e
rendered utterly infupportable, i f he deprived them; of this
moft holy and comprohenfive. feftival. Its extindhon was reserved
for a foreign fo e ; and the fatal aera now approached
Alaric with his hoft rulhed fuddenly through the ftrait of
Thermopylae, ■ and a general ruin of uniyerfal Greece accompanied
the cataftroph.e o f Ceres and Eleiifisi
. .on .the hverthrow oPifs go#efsqand the,- cefatiort
of its g^uhAraffis,- p r o h a fe jfe b e p am ^ m
without character or .riches. For fome ages, however, it was
not- entirely va|t ^on&^pfiop o f
t^ n t i e n t materials, and from ,the. W Port
was final! and of a circular form.. The
feen above water, and the correfponding J ace<?*
About half a mile, from the {hpr%is. a long bril, which divides
the plain. Ifi the fide ne^t, thej|a ^ i ^ sA°L^!fee$ r% § #
o n X top,are cifterns ,cnt iri the,rock. In the «
jS e s - c^ w a J l and rubbifti, partly
ruined |churches; and beyond, a lopg
to the .mountains. The Chriftian pirates had infefted the , pl^ce
fo much, that .in. 1676 i t was abandoned. It,?? now ,a/maU
Village at-the eaftern,extremity ? of, the, rocky brow, op which-
wasoncea caftle;.an.d is inhabited by a few Albanian famthes,
employed in the culture of the plain, and fupenntended by a
R 3 refide? in'an old fijuare tower. The proprietor was
Achnret Aga> the primate or, principal perfon- of Athens.
' T he myftic temple at Eieufis was
B S Of th= Paahmon. f t r ic lo wai o v c r te .of * o bml.1-
iiig.
» In the year of- Clin^»