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if ever I burnt to thee fat flesh of thighs of bulls or goats, fulfil thou 

 this my desire; let the Danaans pay by thine arrows for my tears.&quot; 

 By which we see that the priestly function of sacrificer is 

 joined with the function of architect, also, by implication, 

 priestly. Later indications are suggestive if not conclusive. 

 Here is a sentence from Curtius : 



&quot;But the immediate connexion between the system of sacred archi 

 tecture and the Apolline religion is clear from Apollo being himself 

 designated as the divine architect in the legends concerning the foun 

 dation of his sanctuaries.&quot; 



And further on he writes 



Thus &quot;schools of poets came to form themselves, which were no 

 less intimately connected with the sanctuary than were the art of 

 sacred architecture and hieratic sculpture.&quot; 



But, as we have before seen, the lack of a priestly organiza 

 tion in Greece obscured the development of the professions 

 in general, and that of architects among others. 



That much of the Roman cult was not indigenous, and 

 that importation of knowledge and skill from abroad con 

 fused the development of the professions, we have seen in 

 other cases. The influence of the Etruscans was marked, 

 and it appears that of the religious appliances derived from 

 them, architecture was one. Duruy writes: 



&quot;Etruria also furnished the architects who built the Roma quadrata 

 of the palatine, and constructed the first temples; she provided even 

 the flute-players necessary for the performance of certain rites.&quot; 



But the identity eventually established between the chief 

 priest and the chief architect, in the person of the Pontifex 

 maximuSj while it illustrates the alleged connexion, also 

 reminds us of one of the original causes for the priestly ori 

 gin of the professions the possession of learning and ability 

 by priests. Among primitive peoples, special skill is associ 

 ated with the idea of supernatural power. Even the black 

 smith is, in some African tribes, regarded as a magician. 

 Naturally, therefore, the Roman who either first devised 

 the arch, or who first conspicuously displayed skill in con 

 structing an arch, was supposed to be inspired by the gods. 



