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Introductory Notice to Arnobius.
[4305] So the ms. and edd., reading quam incestis, except Orelli, who adopts the conjecture of Barthius, nequam—“lustful Jupiter with lewd desires.”
[4306] So the ms. and edd., except Hildebrand and Oehler, who throughout spell Agdestis, following the Greek writers, and the derivation of the word from Agdus.
[4307] So Ursinus suggested, followed by later edd., ex utroque (ms. utra.) sexu; for which Meursius would read ex utroque sexus—“and a sex of both,” i.e., that he was a hermaphrodite, which is related by other writers.
[4308] Lit., “him.”
[4309] Lit., “of thirsting.”
[4310] Lit., “in time of need.”
[4311] So the reading of the ms. and edd., unum laqueum, may be rendered; for which Canterus conjectured imum—“the lowest part of the noose.”
[4312] So the edd., reading eo quo (ms. quod) fuerat privat sexu; for which Hild. and Oehler read fu-tu-erat—“of the sex with which he had been a fornicator.”
[4313] Lit., “these (i.e., the parts and the blood) are,” etc.
[4314] The ms. here reads Nata, but in c. 13 the spelling is Nana, as in other writers.
[4315] Lit., “as if.”
[4316] The ms. reads t-abulis, corrected as above p- by Jos. Scaliger, followed by Hild. and Oehler. The other edd. read bacculis—“berries.”
[4317] So all the edd., except Hild. and Oehler, who retain the ms. reading sanguinarius—“bloodthirsty.”
[4318] So Salmasius, Orelli, and Hild., reading repertum nescio quis sumit Phorbas, lacte; but no mention of any Phorbas is made elsewhere in connection with this story, and Oehler has therefore proposed forma ac lacte—“some one takes the child found, nourishes it with sweet pottage of millet (forma) and milk,” etc.
[4319] [See vol. ii. p. 175.]
[4320] Lit., “his silence.”
[4321] Lit., “fury and madness.”
[4322] The ms., first five edd., and Oberthür, read exterriti adorandorum Phryges; for which Ursinus suggested ad ora deorum—“at the faces of gods,” adopted by Oehler; the other edd. reading ad horam—“at the hour, i e., thereupon.”
[4323] It seems probable that part of this chapter has been lost, as we have no explanation of this epithet; and, moreover (as Oehler has well remarked) in c. 13 this Gallus is spoken of as though it had been previously mentioned that he too had mutilated himself, of which we have not the slightest hint.
[4324] i.e., genitalia.
[4325] Lit., “so great motions of furious hazards.”
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