61. Cf. Moret, _Le rituel du culte divin journalier en Egypte_, Paris,
1902. Just as the ritual of consecration brought the statue to life
(_supra_, n. 55), the repeated sacrifices sustained life, and made it
_longa durare per tempora_ (Ps.-Apul., _Asclep._, 38). The epithet of
[Greek: aeizôos], given to several divinities (_CIG_, 4598; _Griech.
Urkunden_ of Berlin, I, No. 124), expresses it exactly. All this is in
conformity with the old ideas prevailing in the valley of the Nile (see
George Foucart, _Revue des {236} idées_, Nov. 15, 1908).--When compared
with the Egyptian ceremonial, the brief data scattered through the Greek
and Latin authors become wonderfully clear and coherent.
62. Apul., XI, 22: "Rituque sollemni apertionis celebrato ministerio." Cf.
XI, 20: "Matutinas apertiones templi."