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the wondrous talisman. The allusion is to the hippomanes or growth said to be found on the forehead of a new-born foal. Unless the mother was prevented she devoured it.
Theocritus, sc. Id. ii.
Homer, e.g. the adventures with Circe.
Orpheus. See the Orphica (Abel), Fr. 172; Argonaut. 955 sqq. Lithica 172 sqq.
Laevius. The MSS. give Laelius. But no poet Laelius is known. There was, however, a poet Laevius at the beginning of the first century B.C.
the lover's knot. The Latin is antipathes, explained by Abt (Apologie des Apuleius, p. 103) as quod mutuum affectum provocat.
the magic wheel spun rapidly to draw the beloved to the lover. Cp. Theocr. ii. 30. 'And as this brazen wheel spins, so may Delphis be spun by Aphrodite to my door.'
nails. Portions of the beloved were valuable ingredients in charms. Cp. Apul. Metamorph. bk. iii, 16, 17, where hair from the beloved's head is required.
ribbons used as fillets during the ritual. Cp. chap. 30, 'soft garlands.'
the two-tailed lizard. Theocr. ii. 57, testifies to the use of the lizard as a love charm. A magic papyrus from Egypt (Griffiths Thompson, col. xiii (23), p. 97) mentions a two-tailed lizard as an ingredient in a charm to cause death.
the charm that glads, &c., sc. hippomanes; see note on preceding page.
Proteus. Odyssey iv. 364.
Ulysses. Odyssey xi. 25.
Aeolus. Odyssey x. 19.
Helen. Odyssey iv. 59.
Circe. Odyssey x. 234.
Venus. Iliad xiv. 214.
Mercury. Cp. the magic hymn contained in a magical papyrus (Papyr. Lond. 46. 414). 'Thou art told of as foreknower of the fates and as the godlike dream sending oracles both by day and night.'
Trivia = Hecate.
Salacia, a Roman sea-goddess, the wife of Neptune.
Portumnus, the Roman harbour-god.