The eastern nations and Greece (1917) (14580416048)

Identifier: easternnationsgr01myer (find matches)
Title: The eastern nations and Greece
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Myers, P. V. N. (Philip Van Ness), 1846-1937
Subjects: History, Ancient
Publisher: Boston New York : Ginn
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation



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Fig. 29. ServantFOR THE Under-world.! (AfterWiedemann) 1 A statuette of a workman placed in the tomb along with the mummy. It was thoughtthat the recital of certain magical formulas imparted life to the image. A number of thesefigures put in the tomb supplied the deceased with servants in the other world.
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§411 THE JUDGMENT OF THE DEAD 43 as these, which form what is called the Negative Confession : I havenot blasphemed ; I have not stolen ; I have not slain any onetreacherously ; I have not slandered any one or made false accu-sation ; I have not reviled the face of my father ; I have noteaten my heart through with envy. ^ In other declarations of the soul we find a singularly close approachto Christian morality, as for instance in this: I have given bread tothe hungry and drink to him who was athirst; I have clothed thenaked with garments. The truth of what the soul thus asserted in its own behalf wastested by the balances of the gods. In one of the scales was placed