Statues
Artemidoros:
However, the gods and her statues the same meaning have it. From the latter indicate from firm and unadministering material, e.g., of gold, silver, ore, ivory, marble, amber or of ebony made something good, while those who exist of other material less favourably, often even from bad premeaning are, as for example from earth, tone, loam, wax, or the painted and similar ones. Then still the following tip: In the cases in which the gods, they themselves mean or her statues, - good it is a happy sign if one smashes her statues neither nor sees broken. If they mean, however, misfortune, them themselves or her statues, it is favorable to see disappearing her pictures.
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(See also 'gods', 'statues of the gods', 'statues')
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