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λινέην. It was forbidden to enter a temple wearing a woollen garment (81. 1); H. is right as to the priests wearing linen and sandals of papyrus. Cf. Exod. xxxix. 27-9 for the linen garments of the Jewish priests.

λοῦνται. Chaeremon (fr. 4, F. H. G. iii. 498; Chaeremon was an Egyptian priest(?) of Strabo's time, Strabo, 806) says they washed thrice daily; the difference between him and H. may well be due to variety of rituals. The symbol for a priest in the hieroglyphs is a man washing.

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