¹⁷⁷ Lit., "of."

¹⁷⁸ Lit., "that effigies have been far removed from them." This may be understood, either as meaning that the gods had not visible form at all, or, as above, that their likenesses made by men showed no resemblance.

¹⁷⁹ 50 in Orelli.

¹⁸⁰ It is important to notice the evidence in this one sentence of haste and want of revision. In the first line we find a genitive (discordiarum-"dissensions"), but not the noun on which it depends; and in the apodosis a verb (disjunctas esse-"have been removed," i.e., "are remote") has no subject, although its gender imperatively requires that has res, or some such words, be supplied. One omission might have been easily ascribed to a slip on the part of the copyist; but two omissions such as these occurring so closely, must, it would seem, be assigned to the impetuous disregard of minutiae with which Arnobius blocked out a conclusion which was never carefully revised. (Cf. Appendix, note 1, and p. 539, n. 8.) The importance of such indications is manifest in forming an opinion on the controversy as to this part of the work.

¹⁸¹ Lit., "are of...those meeting the functions of mortality," obeunti-um, corrected by Gelenius (according to Orelli) for the ms. -bus, retained, though unintelligible, by Canterus, Oberth., and Hild.

¹⁸² [See p. 519, note 1, and p. 528, cap. 26, supra.]

¹⁸³ Lit., "of." [Cap. 29, p. 529, supra.]

¹⁸⁴ Lit., "some time."

¹⁸⁵ Lit., "of." [Cap. 29, p. 529, supra.]

¹⁸⁶ Lit., "of." [Cap. 29, p. 529, supra.]

¹⁸⁷ Lit., "divine things."

¹⁸⁸ So the ms., both Roman edd., Hild., and Oehler, reading promptae; corrected praesumptae-"taken for granted," in the rest.

¹⁸⁹ i.e., offerings to parents, as the name implies, and other relatives who were dead.

¹⁹⁰ 35 in Orelli.

¹⁹¹ Lit., "in the writings of which we read."

¹⁹² Pl.

¹⁹³ Lit., "by satisfaction of."

¹⁹⁴ 36 in Orelli. [See note 1, Appendix, p. 539, infra]

¹⁹⁵ Lit., "added evil heavier than evil."

¹⁹⁶ So later edd., reading vaderet from the margin of Ursinus, while the first three retain the ms. reading suaderet-"persuade."

¹⁹⁷ i.e., the slave writhing under the scourge.

¹⁹⁸ Lit., "of so great power."

¹⁹⁹ i.e., Jupiter.

²⁰⁰ 37 in Orelli.

²⁰¹ Lit., "which either a...made," etc.

²⁰² Lit., "very near to danger of carrying off liberty."

²⁰³ Cf. ii. 73.

²⁰⁴ 38 in Orelli.

²⁰⁵ So the ms., LB., Hild., and Oehler, reading volu-p-tates, i.e., the games and feasts spoken of previously; the other edd. read -n--"wishes."

²⁰⁶ Oehler explains frustra by otiose-"who was leisurely delighted," but there is no reason why it should not have its usual meaning, as above. [See note 1, Appendix, p. 539.]

²⁰⁷ i.e., from heaven. Instead of e-vocari, however, Heraldus has proposed a--"be diverted."

²⁰⁸ Lit., "unfolding."

²⁰⁹ Lit., "was in the cause of the vicious dancer."

²¹⁰ 39 in Orelli.

²¹¹ So all edd., rejecting s from ms. contemptu-s.

²¹² Lit., "draughts of air."

²¹³ So, by omitting two letters, all edd. except 1st and Ursinus, which retain ms. adult-er-ae-"adulterous."

²¹⁴ Lit., "light."

²¹⁵ 40 in Orelli. The ms., 1st edd., and Ursinus want si.

²¹⁶ Lit., "and restored." [Conf. Pont. Max. here named, with vol. iv. p. 74.]

²¹⁷ The ms. and Ursinus read reddere-t-"if he was to restore;" corrected, as above, by omission of t.

²¹⁸ i.e., if he is a god. Cf. iii. 20; [specially, note 3, p. 469].

²¹⁹ Lit., "the necks of."

²²⁰ Lit., "the terror of coercion should begin from the father with whom."

²²¹ Lit., "even," et.

²²² Lit., "to his grief."

²²³ The ms. reads rett-ulit, emended ret--"gave back," i.e., got rid of, by 1st ed. and Ursinus; and rep-, as above, by Gelenius and others.

²²⁴ 41 in Orelli. [See Appendix, note 1, p. 539.]

²²⁵ In the ms. and both Roman edd. the section translated on p. 539 is inserted here. Ursinus, however (pp. 210-211), followed by Heraldus (312-313), enclosed it in brackets, and marked it with asterisks. In all other edd. it is either given as an appendix, or wholly rejected.

²²⁶ Lit., "sublimity."

²²⁷ 42 in Orelli.

²²⁸ So the edd., reading et for ms. ut (according to Crusius).

²²⁹ Lit., "restoration be supplied to his strength."

²³⁰ So Gelenius, merely adding t to the ms. posse. The passage is, however, very doubtful.

²³¹ Lit., "how weakly and feeble it is said."

²³² These words, non debuit oculorum negare conspectui, should, Orelli thinks, be omitted; and certainly their connection with the rest of the sentence is not very apparent.

²³³ Lit., "he was, and such as he had learned that he was, contained in the power of his divinity."

²³⁴ Lit., "to ambiguous contradictions."

²³⁵ 43 in Orelli.

²³⁶ Lit., "if your services of certain persons are certain," i.e., if these facts on which your worship is built are well ascertained.

²³⁷ What species of snake this was, is not known; the Latin is therefore retained, as the sentence insists on the distinction.

²³⁸ Anguem.

²³⁹ Serpentem.

²⁴⁰ Lit., "bearing himself on feet, nor unfolding below his own goings."

²⁴¹ Lit., "to a."

²⁴² So Hild. and Oehler, reading labefac-t-amus for the ms. -i-.

²⁴³ This sentence alone is sufficient to prove that these chapters were never carefully revised by their author, as otherwise so glaring repetitions would certainly have been avoided.

²⁴⁴ Here the ms. and both Roman edd. insert the last clause, "what...forests."

²⁴⁵ 44 in Orelli.

²⁴⁶ 45 in Orelli.

²⁴⁷ Lit., "wanting."

²⁴⁸ The ms., 1st ed., Hild., and Oehler read gener-ent, corrected in the rest, as above, -arent.

²⁴⁹ Lit., "all wicked and distinguished by no diversity."

²⁵⁰ Lit., "the human race has been mixed in," etc.

²⁵¹ So all edd., reading vi morbi, except Hild., who retains the ms. vi urbi, in which case the italics should denote "of the disease," instead of "to the city." The construction, however, seems to make it impossible to adhere to the ms..

²⁵² Lit., "to have erred much from."

²⁵³ 46 In Orelli.

²⁵⁴ Lit., "from the possession of Italy."

²⁵⁵ So all edd. to Orelli, adding -em to the ms. quid. [See, concerning Pessinus, p. 492, supra.]

²⁵⁶ Lit., "a face too little expressed with imitation."

²⁵⁷ 47 in Orelli.

²⁵⁸ Lit., "did a stone drive," etc.

²⁵⁹ Lit. "moved by."

²⁶⁰ So the ms. and edd.; but, on account of the unnecessary repetition, Ursinus proposed to delete atri. Unger (Anal. Propert., p. 87) has suggested very happily arti-"of confined, i.e., small body.'"

²⁶¹ Vim, suggested by Orelli, and adopted by Hild. and Oehler.

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