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Erechtheus was told in a war he had with Eumolpus,
that he should have the better of his enemy if he would
but sacrifice his daughter. He advised upon the matter
with his wife Praxithea, and delivered up his daughter
after the manner of a common sacrifice.—Euripides, in his
Erechtheus.
Marius, finding himself hard put to it in the Cimbrian
war, had it revealed to him in a dream, that he should
overcome his enemies if he would but sacrifice his daughter Calpurnia. He did it, preferring the common safety
before any private bond of Nature, and he got the victory.
There are two altars in Germany, where about that time
of the year may be heard the sound of trumpets.—Dorotheus, in the Fourth Book of his Italian History.
Plutarch. Plutarch's Morals. Translated from the Greek by several hands. Corrected and revised by. William W. Goodwin, PH. D. Boston. Little, Brown, and Company. Cambridge. Press Of John Wilson and son. 1874. 5.
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