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65 -- _To Fates averse._ Of the gloomy destiny reigning throughout the Homeric poems, and from which even the gods are not exempt, Schlegel well observes, "This power extends also to the world of gods-- for the Grecian gods are mere powers of nature--and although immeasurably higher than mortal man, yet, compared with infinitude, they are on an equal footing with himself."-- 'Lectures on the Drama' v.p.

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66 It has been observed that the annual procession of the sacred ship so often represented on Egyptian monuments, and the return of the deity from Ethiopia after some days' absence, serves to show the Ethiopian origin of Thebes, and of the worship of Jupiter Ammon.

"I think," says Heeren, after quoting a passage from Diodorus about the holy ship, "that this procession is represented in one of the great sculptured reliefs on the temple of Karnak.

The sacred ship of Ammon is on the shore with its whole equipment, and is towed along by another boat.

It is therefore on its voyage.