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shrine of the goddess that I will marry you," and threw it at her feet. She picked it up, and mechanically read the words aloud, which amounted to a See also:

SOLEMN (Lat. sollemnis, sollemnis, less correctly solennis, yearly, annual; from sollus = totus, whole, entire, Gr. Mos., and annus, year)

solemn undertaking to carry them out. Unaware of this, she treated Acontius with contempt; but, although she was betrothed more than once, she always See also:

fell See also:

ill before the wed-ding took See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place. The Delphic See also:

ORACLE (Lat. oraculum, from ora' to pray; the corresponding Greek word is uavreiov or Xpnuri7pwov)

oracle at last declared the cause of her illnesses to be the wrath of the offended goddess; where-upon her See also:

FATHER

father consented to her See also:

MARRIAGE

marriage with Acontius (Ariltaenetus, Epistolae, i. 1o; See also:

ANTONINUS, SAINT ANTONIO PIEROZZI

Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses, i., tells the story with different names).

End of Article: ACONTIUS (Gr. Akontios)

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