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Lactantius
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Introductory Notice To Lactantius.
[258] The artificer.
[259] Animal.
[260] Eliquaverit. “strained off,” “made liquid.”
[261] [So Izaak Walton: “Known only to him whose name is Wonderful.”]
Chap. XI.—Of Living Creatures, of Man; Prometheus, Deucalion, the ParcÆ.
[262] By species.
[263] Jumenta, “beasts of burthen,” as though derived from juvo, “to aid.”
[264] Homo, “man,” from humus, “the ground.” [P. 56, supra ]
[265] This image, or likeness of God, in which man was originally created, is truly described not by Plato, but by St. Paul: 2 Cor. iv. 6; Col. iii. 10; Eph. iv. 24.
[266] Another reading is, “Man is my image.”
[267] Sacrario, “the shrine.”
[268] Father’s brother.
[269] Gradus.
[270] Prophetical writings.
[271] Book i. [ch. 11, p. 22, supra].
[272] The title ὁ δημιουργος, the Architect, or Creator, is used by Plato and Hermes.
[273] Georg., ii. 341. [Terrea progenies duris caput extulit arvis.]
[274] Terrea. Another reading is ferrea, “the race of iron.”
[275] The origin.
[276] The fable of the three Parcæ—Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos—is derived from Hesiod.
[277] Frailty.
[278] Ripeness, or suitableness.
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