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the side of Dido, the opportunity for a desirable match, for gaining 

 the power over a fine kingdom resemble those held up before Perian- 

 dro by Auristela to urge him to stay and marry Sinforosa/ At 

 other times there is a possible fusion of the spirit of Heliodorus with 

 that of Virgil; as Theageues and Chariklea pursue a certain goal, 

 as Aeneas flies from Carthage that he may fulfil the purpose of his 

 wanderings, so Periandro and Auristela are determined to carry 

 out their journey to Rome. All escape from the snares of love. In 

 their striking appearance, their beauty and noble bearing, the pro- 

 tagonists of these romances are of course alike, and Aeneas and Dido, 

 Theagenes and Chariklea, Periandro and Auristela quite naturally 

 came to be mentioned together in lists of loving couples.- Finally, 

 the incantations of the Massylian enchantress by whose aid Dido 

 seeks to regain the lost love of Aeneas must be considered^ together 



^ Persilcs, p. 595, col. 2 : "digo que Sinfoiosa te adora y te qiiiere por 

 esposo: dice que tiene riquezas increibles, y yo digo que tiene crcihle 

 hermosura." 



" Cf . p. 49G, n. 2, end: in ^Jontal1)an's raia Todos. Tlie appearance of 

 Aeneas, Eneida, Vol. I, p. 'M) : "Quedo patente el bello y fueite Eneas. | y 

 semejante a Dios en i-ostro y cuerpo. | Resplandecio, etc."; p. 148: "Eneas, 

 sobre todos hevmosisimo | . . . Qual va el hermoso Apolo, quando deja | 

 A la templada Licia, etc." The appearance of Dido, p. 34: "Qual suele en 

 las riberas del Eurota, | . . . Salir Diana a recrearse en corros, | 

 tal era Dido, etc." For the Persiles, cf. previous article, op. cit., 

 Appendix, par. 7: Periandro's beauty is described, p. 588, col. 2; Auristela 

 is like a goddess, p. G04, col. 2. 



^Eneida, Vol. I, p. 1G9-70: "Hallado lie, herniuna uiia, ya manera. etc., | 

 (^on que mi Eneas mas que a si me quiera, etc. | Ay un lugar do el Sol 

 de nos se parte, | Al fin de Etiopia. . . . | De alli yo he visto aqui una 

 religiosa | Masila, que ha por largos dias guardado | De las hijas de .Atlante 

 la faniosa | Casa, etc. Esta con sus encantos se profiere | A atar y a liljertar 

 los corazones : | Sana el insano amor a los que quiere, etc.;" p. 257: "la 

 ('umca Sibihi | Dcrramn (hilccs y oloiosos vinos: | Y de en niitad de los 

 noveles ciu-rnos | ("ortoles ciertas cerdas, y entregolas | Al sacro fuego por 

 primeia ofrcnda, Llaniando con voz alta a la grande Hecate, etc.": cf. also 

 bk. VII, p. -i'lO i\.. "la furia Alecto . . . arrebatando una culebra | Que 

 arranco del cabello serpentino, | Con furia la arrojo a la Reyna Amata, etc.," 

 and the sulisc(|ii('iit actions of the queen : cf. also Iv-logue viii. 



I'cr.silcs, ]). G()2, col. 2: "Ifas de saber ansiniisjno que en aquella ciudad 

 de Alhaina siempre ha liabido alguna niujer de mi nombre, la cual con el 

 apeliido de ("enotia liereda esta ciencia, que no nos ensefia A ser hechiceras, 

 como algunos nos Daman, sino :'i ser encantadoras y magas," with 

 the distinction between the two given at length. She tries her charms 

 on Antonio, j). G0.'5 IT. 



