Purification of the house
event · 3 works · 3 mentions · 3 anchored passages
purify the house · cleanse yourself and your house · proper religious rites · purification of the house · the proper rites
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1 expressionthe purification of the house1 mention
Odyssey (Greek)
But the corpses are now all piled up in the gatehouse that is in the outer court, and Odysseus has lit a great fire to purify the house with sulfur.
in the texts
On the Choreutes
The religious purification rites required for a house after a death, which the prosecution allegedly tried to preempt by registering their charge before they were performed.
The prosecution started by doing their utmost to register a charge at once, on the day after the burial, before the house had been purified or the proper rites performed;
Against Evergus and Mnesibulus
Religious cleansing rites performed after the old nurse's death, in lieu of a forbidden or risky homicide action.
As they gave me the same advice, I did what was necessary to purify the house and what the Interpreters had prescribed, and abstained from further action which the laws forbade.
No, after you have performed the proper religious rites to cleanse yourself and your house, bear your misfortune with such patience as you can, and, if you choose, avenge yourself in some other way.
Odyssey
The purification of the house with fire and sulfur follows the killing of the suitors.
But the corpses are now all piled up in the gatehouse that is in the outer court, and Odysseus has lit a great fire to purify the house with sulfur.