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Lactantius
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Introductory Notice To Lactantius.
[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.”
[1474] Ea enim visa est aptior victima, quæ ipsi, cui mactatur, magnitudine virilis obsceni posset æquari.
Chap. XXV.—Of the Golden Age, of Images, and Prometheus, Who First Fashioned Man.
[1475] De Nat. Deor., vi. 52.
[1476] Quare tremunt. Another reading is, “qua reddunt,” which is unintelligible.
[1477] ἅνθοωπος, man; said to be compounded of ἅνω, τρέπω, and ὤψ, to turn the face upwards. [Needlessly repeated from p. 41, supra.]
Chap. XXVI.—Of the Worship of the Elements and Stars.
[1478] Inerrabiles. There is another reading, “inenarrabiles,” indescribable.
[1479] Humanis visibus.
Chap. XXVII.—Of the Creation, Sin, and Punishment of Man; And of Angels, Both Good and Bad.
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