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Introductory Note.

[1055] Ariadne.

[1056] Amentia.

Chapter XV.—The Constellations and the Genii Very Indifferent Gods. The Roman Monopoly of Gods Unsatisfactory. Other Nations Require Deities Quite as Much.

[1057] Deis ministratis.

[1058] The constellation Virgo.

[1059] Jovis exoletus, Ganymede, or Aquarius.

[1060] He makes a similar postponement above, in c. vii., to The Apology, cc. xxii. xxiii.

[1061] Divini.

[1062] Et tristitiæ arbitros.

[1063] Transvolem.

[1064] Diva arquis.

[1065] Perhaps another form of Diana.

[1066] Faciunt = ῥίζουσι.

[1067] This seems to be the meaning of an almost unintelligible sentence, which we subjoin: “Geniis eisdem illi faciunt qui in isdem locis aras vel ædes habent; præterea aliis qui in alieno loco aut mercedibus habitant.” Oehler, who makes this text, supposes that in each clause the name of some god has dropped out.

[1068] Numinum janitorum.

[1069] Ceteris.

[1070] Immo cum.

[1071] Proveniunt.

[1072] Prædes.

Chapter XVI.—Inventors of Useful Arts Unworthy of Deification. They Would Be the First to Acknowledge a Creator. The Arts Changeable from Time to Time, and Some Become Obsolete.

[1073] Sedenim.

[1074] We insert this clause at Oehler’s suggestion.

[1075] Ministerium.

 

 

 

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