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Lactantius
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Introductory Notice To Lactantius.
[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.
[1480] Inspiravit ad vitam.
[1481] Paradiso.
[1482] Irrepere.
[1483] Parricidam. The word first means the murderer of a parent or near relative; then simply a murderer.
[1484] [This is a curious enlargement of the idea as taught elsewhere. See vol. ii. p. 142, this series.]
Chap. XXVIII.—Of the Demons, and Their Evil Practices.
[1485] Plena terroris. Another reading is, “aut plane terrores.”
Chap. XXIX.—Of the Patience and Providence of God.
[1486] ἀρχήν. Others read δαιμοναρχίαν, “the power of demons.”
[1487] Lib. vi. 1.
[1488] Propter quem homines fecisse dicatur Deus. Others read, “Quem propter homines,” etc.
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