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Introductory Notice to Arnobius.
[4132] i.e., deities. So LB. and Orelli, reading quid potestatum?—“what, O fathers of powers.” The ms. gives qui—“what say you, O fathers of new religions, who cry out, and complain that gods of powers are indecently dishonoured by us, and neglected with impious contempt,” etc. Heraldus emends thus: “…fathers of great religions and powers? Do you, then, cry out,” etc. “Fathers,” i.e., those who discovered, and introduced, unknown deities and forms of worship.
[4133] The ms. reads pertus quæ- (marked as spurious) dam; and, according to Hild., naeniam is written over the latter word.
[4134] So the ms. Cf. ch. 7 [note 10, p. 478, supra].
[4135] The ms. is here very corrupt and imperfect,—supplices hoc est uno procumbimus atque est utuno (Orelli omits ut-), emended by Gelenius, with most edd., supp. Mut-uno proc. atque Tutuno, as above; Elm. and LB. merely insert humi—“on the ground,” after supp. [See p. 478, note 6, supra.]
[4136] Meursius is of opinion that some words have slipped out of the text here, and that some arguments had been introduced about augury and divination.
[4137] Contendis, not found in the ms.
[4138] i.e., the predictions.
[4139] Lit., “will you make the same belief.”
[4140] Lit., “adapt themselves to the significations of the things which.”
[4141] Lit., “brothers of.”
[4142] i.e., demons.
[4143] Perhaps “abilities”—materiis.
[4144] The ms. reads cum—“with similar reason we may believe,” instead of cur, as above.
[4145] Lit., “novelty of the thing.”
[4146] Lit., “of places and divisions,” i.e., places separated from each other.
[4147] Lit., “affords to you the appearance of.”
[4148] Lit., “a severity of stern manner”—moris for the ms. mares.
[4149] Orelli here introduces the sentence, “For it cannot be,” etc., with which this book is concluded in the ms. Cf. ch. 37, n. 4, infra.
[4150] There can be no doubt that Arnobius here refers to Clemens Alexandrinus (Λόγος Προτρεπτικὸς πρὸς ῾Ελλῆνας), and Cicero (de Nat. Deor.), from whom he borrows most freely in the following chapters, quoting them at times very closely. We shall not indicate particular references without some special reason, as it must be understood these references would be required with every statement. [Compare Clement, vol. ii. pp. 305–13, and Tertullian, vol. iii. p. 34.]
[4151] Lit., “given to us an abridging,” i.e., an opportunity of abridging.
[4152] Lit., “committed to sepulture and born in,” etc.
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