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...ceremonies of religion in Meroë, enjoy such unlimited power that, whenever they choose, they send a message to the king, ordering him to die, for that the gods had giren this command, and no mortal could oppose their will without being guilty of a crime. They also...

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...ceremonies of religion in Meroë, enjoy such unlimited power that, whenever they choose, they send a message to the king, ordering him to die, for that the gods...without sufficient sense to oppose such unreasonable commands. In former times the kings had obeyed the priests, not by compulsion, but out of mere superstition,...

...the priests signified belief in the- gods, whom he failed not to honor with due respect." Sir Gardner quotes the story from Diodorus, that "the most extraordinary...without sufficient sense to oppose such unreasonable commands. In former times the kings had obeyed the priests, not by compulsion, but out of mere superstition,...