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In Ceryneia is a sanctuary of the Eumenides, which they say
was established by Orestes. Whosoever enters with the desire to see the sights,
if he be guilty of bloodshed, defilement or impiety, is said at once to become
insane with fright, and for this reason the right to enter is not given to all
and sundry. The images made of wood . . . they are not very large in size, and
at the entrance to the sanctuary are statues of women, made of stone and of artistic
workmanship. The natives said that the women are portraits of the former priestesses
of the Eumenides.
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