 | Edward Gibbon - 1826 - 864 pages
...and error t. By the hands of Maximus, the boldest and most skilful master of the Theurgic science, Julian was secretly initiated at Ephesus, in the twentieth...of Eleusis, which, amidst the general decay of the Graecian worship, still retained some vestiges of their primaeval sanctity; and such was the zeal of... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1854 - 504 pages
...hands of their associate, Maximus, the boldest and most skilful master of the Theurgic science. By his hands Julian was secretly initiated at Ephesus, in...unnatural alliance of philosophy and superstition, lie obtained the privilege of a solemn initiation into the mysteries of Eleusis, which, amidst the... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1864 - 592 pages
...hands of their associate, Maximus, the boldest and most skilful master of the Theurgic science. By his hands, Julian was secretly initiated at Ephesus, in...mysteries of Eleusis, which, amidst the general decay cf the Grecian worship, still retained some vestiges of their primaeval sanctity ; and such was the... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1876 - 592 pages
...hands of their associate, Maximus, the boldest and most skilful master of the Theurgic science. By his hands, Julian was secretly initiated at Ephesus, in...their primaeval sanctity; and such was the zeal of Julian, that he afterwards invited the Eleusinian pontiff to the court of Gaul, for the sole purpose... | |
 | J. Y. Sargent - 1889 - 196 pages
...their associate, Maximus, the boldest and most skilful master of the Theurgic science. 110. By his hands, Julian was secretly initiated at Ephesus, in...Grecian worship, still retained some vestiges of their primeval sanctity ; and such was the zeal of Julian, that he afterwards invited the Eleusinian pontiff"... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1900 - 642 pages
...hands of their associate Maximus, the boldest and most skilful master of the Theurgic science. By his hands Julian was secretly initiated at Ephesus, in...obtained the privilege of a solemn initiation into 19 The sophists of Eunapius perform as many miracles as the saints of the desert ; and the only circumstance... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1901 - 602 pages
...unnatural alliance ot^philosophy and superstition] He obtained the privilege of a solemn -tnttiaTion into the mysteries of Eleusis, which, amidst the general...their primaeval sanctity ; and such was the zeal of Julian that he afterwards invited the Eleusinian pontiff to the court of Gaul, for the sole purpose... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1916 - 1006 pages
...hands of their associate, Maximus, the boldest and most skillful master of the Theurgic science. By his hands, Julian was secretly initiated at Ephesus, in...their primaeval sanctity ; and such was the zeal of Julian, that he afterwards invited the Eleusinian pontiff to the court of Gaul, for the sole purpose... | |
 | C. P. Cavafy - 1992 - 310 pages
...the following passage from Gibbon's Decline and Fall (Ch. XXIII): His residence at Athens [c. 354] confirmed this unnatural alliance of philosophy and...retained some vestiges of their primaeval sanctity. ... As these ceremonies were performed in the depths of caverns, and in the silence of the night; and... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1998 - 1094 pages
...hands of their associate Maximus, the boldest and most skilful master of the theurgic science. By his hands Julian was secretly initiated at Ephesus, in...their primaeval sanctity; and such was the zeal of Julian that he afterwards invited the Eleusinian pontiff to the court of Gaul, for the sole purpose... | |
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... respective parts; and they artfully contrived, by dark hints and affected disputes, to excite the impatient hopes of the aspirant, till they delivered him into the hands of their associate Maximus, the boldest and most skilful master of the theurgic... 