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Heraieus of Mytilene. He had no hair on his head, but an abundant growth on his chin. He was ashamed because he was laughed at by others. He slept in the Temple. The god, by anointing his head with some drug, made hair grow there.
Arata, a woman of Lacedaemon [in southern Greece], suffering from dropsy. While she remained in Lacedaemon, her mother slept in the Temple and saw a dream. It seemed to her that the god cut off her daughter's head and hung up her body in such a way that her throat was turned downwards. Out of it came a large quantity of fluid. Then he took down the body and fitted the head back on the neck. After she had seen this dream the mother went back to Lacedaemon, where she found...
This section contains 274 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) |