lustral

• “Calchas, the seer, shall rue beginning the sacrifice with his barley-meal and lustral water.”

  Iphigenia at Aulis

• “Ilium's town and the Phrygians; give me wreaths to cast about me; bring them hither; here are my tresses to crown; bring lustral water too.”

  Iphigenia at Aulis

• “For thee fair streams of a father's pouring and lustral waters are in store, for thee Achaea's host is waiting, eager to reach the citadel of Ilium.”

  Iphigenia at Aulis

• “Send the maiden out to join her father, for the lustral water stands there ready, and barley-meal to scatter with the hand on the cleansing flame, and heifers to be slain in honour of the goddess Artemis, to usher in the marriage, their black blood spouting from them.”

  Iphigenia at Aulis

• “Behold the maiden on her way, the destroyer of Ilium's town and its Phrygians, with garlands twined about her head, and drops of lustral water on her, soon to besprinkle with her gushing blood the altar of a murderous goddess, what time her shapely neck is severed.”

  Iphigenia at Aulis

• “These the younger comrades dragged near the altars, and the others brought lustral water and barley meal, and Jason prayed, calling on Apollo the god of his fathers:”

  The Argonautica

• “Did I need such a crowd to help me by holding the lustral victims during the lengthy rite?”

  The Defense

• “No paintings or sculptures were to be found in their assemblies during the first two centuries; no altars; and, most certainly, no tapers, incense, and lustral water.”

  A Philosophical Dictionary

• “They built others in other cities; but still they had a horror of tapers, lustral water, pontifical habits, etc. All this pomp and circumstance was in their eyes no other than a distinctive mark of paganism.”

  A Philosophical Dictionary

• “In the first two centuries they entertained a horror for temples, altars, tapers, incense, and lustral water.”

  A Philosophical Dictionary

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