...colour ; which the heathens looked upon as proceeding from a kind of sympathy in the river for the 1 5 death of Adonis, who was killed by a wild boar in the mountains, out of which this stream rises. Something like this we saw actually come to pass ; for the water was stained to a surprising...

...Adonis, which at certain seasons of the year, especially about the feast of Adonis, is of a bloody color, which the heathens looked upon as proceeding from...killed by a wild boar in the mountains out of which the stream issues. Something like this we saw actually come to pass ; for the water was stained to...

...stream, known in classical times as the River of Adonis, runs blood-red, tradition says in memory of the death of Adonis who was killed by a wild boar in the mountains near by and was mourned by the Syrian Venus. This peculiarity is still observed after heavy rains,...

...that this stream, at certain seasons of the year, especially ahout the feast of Adonis, is of a hloody colour, which the heathens looked upon as proceeding...the river for the death of Adonis, who was killed hy a wild hoar in the mountains out of which this stream rises. Something like this we saw actually...

...concerning this river, viz. That this stream, at certain seasons of the year, especially about the feast of Adonis, is of a bloody colour; which the heathens...wild boar in the mountains, out of which this stream rises. Something like this we saw actually come to pass ; for the water was stained to a surprising...

...concerning this river, viz. That this stream, at certain seasons of the year, especially about the feast of Adonis, is of a bloody colour; which the heathens...wild boar in the mountains, out of which this stream rises. Something like this we saw actually come to pass ; for the water was stained to a surprising...