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Lactantius
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Introductory Notice To Lactantius.
[1453] Vates, i.e., the Sibyls.
[1454] [I shall not multiply references to the seven books, which are so readily compared by turning back to the pages here epitomized.]
Chap. IV.—The Testimonies of the Philosophers to the Unity of God.
[1455] Naturalem.
[1456] Quid sit Deus.
Chap. V.—That the Prophetic Women—That Is, the Sibyls—Declare that There is But One God.
[1457] [See Cyprian on Balaam, vol. v. p. 502, note 7. A hint as to the qualified inspiration of these women.]
[1458] The appointed guardians of the Sibylline books. At first there were two; the number was afterwards increased to ten, and subsequently to fifteen, termed Quindecemviri.
Chap. VII.—Of the Wicked Life and Death of Hercules.
[1459] Pensa quæ faceret. “Pensum” properly signifies the wool daily weighed out and given to each servant.
[1460] Ob virtutem.
Chap. VIII.—Of Æsculapius, Apollo, Mars, Castor and Pollux, and of Mercurius and Bacchus.
[1461] Cicero, De Nat. Deor., iii. 22.
[1462] When Pelias had promised his daughter Alcestis to Admetus, on condition of his coming to her in a chariot drawn by lions and boars, Apollo enabled Admetus to fulfil this condition.
[1463] Rhea or Cybele.
[1464] Galli, the priests of Cybele, were so called: they mutilated themselves, and performed many raving ceremonies.
Chap. X.—Of Jupiter, and His Licentious Life.
[1465] Quid potestatis. Others read “pietatis,” which appears more suitable to the sense of the passage.
Chap. XI.—The Various Emblems Under Which the Poets Veiled the Turpitude of Jupiter.
[1466] Tutela. The image of some deity, supposed to be the tutelary guardian of the ship, was usually painted on the stern.
Chap. XIV.—The Actions of Saturnus and Uranus Taken from the Historians.
[1467] From this point the manuscripts are defective to ch. xx.
Chap. XX.—Of the Gods Peculiar to the Romans.
[1468] i.e., Venus the bald.
[1469] i.e., Jupiter the baker.
Chap. XXII.—Of the Sacred Rites Introduced by Faunus and Numa.
[1470] Terriculas. There is another reading, “terricolas.” See note at Institutes, book i. ch. 22 p. 38, supra.
[1471] See preceding note and reference.
[1472] Comparari. Others read “compatari.”
Chap. XXIII.—Of the Gods and Sacred Rites of the Barbarians.
[1473] Ex responso. The common reading is “ex persona.”
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