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[Xenophon thus describes them -- "As soon as the libations were over, and they had sung the pæan, two Thracians rose up and danced in full armor, to the sound of a pipe; [92] they leaped very high, and with great agility, and wielded their swords; and at last one struck the other, in such a manner that every one thought he had killed him.

—The Two Great Retreats of History

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The libations were accompanied by fastings, prayers, prostrations, and many ceremonial purifications. — Old Daniel
But when they had made libations, and drunk as much as their mind desired, they hastened from the tent of Agamemnon, the son of Atreus. — The Iliad of Homer (1873)
Having then offered libations, they departed each to his tent; there they lay do to to rest, and enjoyed the boon of sleep. — The Iliad of Homer (1873)
The crews raised the pćan, and when the libations were completed, put to sea. — The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume I (of X) - Greece
Another detachment, more numerous than the others combined, now filed past, bearing the effects of the mummy; first the vessels for the libations, then the cases for the Canopic jars, then the Canopic jars themselves, the mask of the deceased, coloured half in gold and half in blue, arms, sceptres, military batons, necklaces, scarabs, vultures with encircling wings worn on the breast at festival-times, chains, "Respondents," and the human-headed sparrow-hawk, the emblem of the soul. — History of Egypt, Chaldæa, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 6 (of 12)