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  • Now the twelve kings continued to rule justly, but in course of time it happened thus: — After sacrifice in the temple of Hephaistos they were about to make libation on the last day of the feast, and the chief-priest, in bringing out for them the golden cups with which they had been wont to pour libations, missed his reckoning and brought eleven only for the twelve kings.

    The History of Herodotus Herodotus 2003

  • Here, too, if you trust some of the antiquaries, once stood the temple of Diana Nemorensis, [2] where human sacrifices were offered, and whose chief-priest, called

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 31, May, 1860 Various

  • Now the twelve kings continued to rule justly, but in course of time it happened thus: —After sacrifice in the temple of Hephaistos they were about to make libation on the last day of the feast, and the chief-priest, in bringing out for them the golden cups with which they had been wont to pour libations, missed his reckoning and brought eleven only for the twelve kings.

    An Account of Egypt: Being the Second Book of His Histories Called Euterpe. Paras. 60-77 Herodotus 1909

  • Now the twelve kings continued to rule justly, but in course of time it happened thus: -- After sacrifice in the temple of Hephaistos they were about to make libation on the last day of the feast, and the chief-priest, in bringing out for them the golden cups with which they had been wont to pour libations, missed his reckoning and brought eleven only for the twelve kings.

    An Account of Egypt 480? BC-420? BC Herodotus 1883

  • Now the twelve kings continued to rule justly, but in course of time it happened thus: -- After sacrifice in the temple of Hephaistos they were about to make libation on the last day of the feast, and the chief-priest, in bringing out for them the golden cups with which they had been wont to pour libations, missed his reckoning and brought eleven only for the twelve kings.

    The history of Herodotus — Volume 1 480? BC-420? BC Herodotus 1883

  • When he finally spoke of the wife of the viceroy and chief-priest Bai, whose body had been borne to the shore with her, Kasana interrupted him with the low exclamation:

    Joshua — Volume 4 Georg Ebers 1867

  • The second letter which was addressed to the Pharaoh, had been written by the mother of the prince in order to recall her son and the chief-priest

    Joshua — Volume 4 Georg Ebers 1867

  • Though she had never been better, she protested with hypocritical complaints and entreaties, that the hours of her life were numbered, and besought the king to send her son and the chief-priest Bai to her without delay, that she might be permitted to bless her only child before her death.

    Joshua — Volume 4 Georg Ebers 1867

  • The children of Rameses will be excluded from the solemnities, for Ameni, in spite of the chief-priest of Anion, still pronounces Bent-Anat unclean.

    Uarda : a Romance of Ancient Egypt — Volume 06 Georg Ebers 1867

  • Prince Siptah and the chief-priest Bai had received Pharaoh's permission to set off for Tanis, to fulfil the wish of a "dying woman."

    Joshua — Volume 4 Georg Ebers 1867

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