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εὐχάς. The ‘vows’ are obviously for the restoration of children's health; so Diodorus (i. 83) understood this passage; he mentions the various kinds (not ‘fish’ only) of food given to the beasts, and that land was set apart for their maintenance. Rob. Smith (Kinship2, p. 179; Rel. Sem. p. 330) compares the Arabian sacrifice (‘acica’) at birth of a child, when its head was shaved and a sheep sacrificed for it; by devoting its hair it was admitted into the family.

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