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H., in c. 39, has described the libation and the killing which are common (he thinks) to all sacrifices; he now goes on to the ‘cleaning out’ (ἐξαίρεσις) and the ‘burning’ which vary; he describes them in the case of a sacrifice to Isis, for to her worship obviously the chapter refers (cf. 61. 1 n.); her festival is the ‘greatest’ though that of Bast (c. 59. 1) is ‘most popular’ (προθυμότατυ).

ταύτην really refers to ὁρτήν, but grammatically to δαίμονα. οἱ in place of the relative τῇ: cf. i. 146. 1 (τῶν and σφι); H. avoids repeating the relative when used in a different case.

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