Friday, May 12, 2006
This Day in Ancient History
A mystery. Yet another Roman holiday, the Ritual of the Argeis (Straw Men). 27 straw figures were cast into the Tiber from the Sublician Bridge as an expiatory or purification rite. (Compare Lev. 16:21-22 with Micah 7:18-20 and also Acts 17:22-23). Sounds like we know a lot about the Ritual, doesn't it? Too bad no one knows what God was being worshiped.
# posted by Roger Fraley @ 12:04 AM 
