Wanderings in the Roman campagna . eception of response-seekers, we come tothis conclusion: that the oracle of Prseneste was one ofthe simplest, and as far removed from trickery andsubterfuge as the nature and essence of such placeswould permit. This exception to the rule appears more remarkableif we consider the unscrupulous means adopted in othersanctuaries to take advantage of the credulity of appli-cants. The last of Italian classic writers, Antonio Bre-sciani (whom I knew in my youth), while shooting in thewoods of Mizzole, near the Val Pantena, seven milesnorth of Verona, found himself a
Wanderings in the Roman campagna . eception of response-seekers, we come tothis conclusion: that the oracle of Prseneste was one ofthe simplest, and as far removed from trickery andsubterfuge as the nature and essence of such placeswould permit. This exception to the rule appears more remarkableif we consider the unscrupulous means adopted in othersanctuaries to take advantage of the credulity of appli-cants. The last of Italian classic writers, Antonio Bre-sciani (whom I knew in my youth), while shooting in thewoods of Mizzole, near the Val Pantena, seven milesnorth of Verona, found himself approaching a rusticsanctuary, known to the woodsmen under the name ofSanta Maria delle Stelle, perched on a spur of rock, thebase of which plunged into a foaming torrent. WhileBresciani was wondering at the wild and dismal aspectof the place, an old priest, in charge of the shrine,invited him to explore the mysteries of the oracularcave which opened under it, and which dated as farback as the coming of the CEneti or Euganei to the. GENERAL VIEW OF MODERN PALESTRII
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