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of his second edition (Y^), because the pages of this edition are noted 

 also in the margin of the third (V^). 



c. 2. Anaximander. 



V^ 12, 28. Phn. N. H. 2. 31. Obhquitatem eius fsc. zo(Haci] 

 intellexisse, hoc est rerum foris aperiiisse, Anaximander Milesius 

 traditur primus. 



Perhaps the full significance of the clause 'hoc. . .aperuisse,' what- 

 ever the source of the sentiment, is hardly appreciated. The Delphin 

 edition refers to Plin. N. H. 35. 36 'artis foris apertas ab Apollodoro 

 Zeuxis intravit'; but that is not a real parallel. For such we turn 

 rather to Lucret. 1, 66 sq. 



Grains homo [sc. Epicurus] . . . 



eo magis acrem 



irritat animi virtutem, eft'ringere ut arta 



naturae primus portarum claustra cupiret. 



ergo vivida A'is animi pervicit, et extra 



processit longe flammantia moenia inundi 



atque omnc immensum peragravit mente animoque, 



unde refert nobis ^•ictor quid possit oriri 



quid nequeat, finita potestas denique cuique 



quanam sit ratione atque alte terminus haerens. 



The same conception recurs Lucret. 3, 14 sq. 



nam simul ac ratio tua coepit vociferari 

 naturam rerum, divina mente coorta, 

 diffugiunt animi terrores, moenia mundi 

 discedunt, totum video per inane geri res. 



For these passages I would refer the reader to my essay, Die Be- 

 kehrung im klassischen Altertum, mit besonderer Berucksichfigung des 

 Lucretius, Zeitschiift fiir Religionspsychologie, Bd. Ill, Heft 11, p. 

 13 sq. Heinze's parallels to Lucret. 3, 14 sq. ought to have made 

 clear to him that there is here an allusion to the ecstatic eTroTrreta of 

 the mysteries evoked, as I pointed out, by the pronouncement of the 

 lepos X670S (ratio. . .divina mente coorta), coming as the climax of the 

 rites of initiation, when the mystae catch a visioh and seize the 

 significance of the world (eTOTreveiv 8^ Kal irepLvoelu ttju re (t)vaLU Kal 

 TO. TrpayfjLaTo), according to Clem. Alex. Strom. 5. 11. Miiller on Lucil. 

 30, 1 compared Lucret. 1, 66 sq., and the editors of Lucretius have 



