aruian 



Chap. 

 XXXIII. 



destroys hares,) — and four drachmsB for a roe-deer,^ in consi- 

 deration of his size, and greater value as game. 



When the year conies round, on the return of the nativity of 

 Diana,^ the treasury is opened, and a victim purchased out of 

 the money collected ; 7 either a sheep, or kid,^ or heifer, 



Oppian. Cyneg. 

 L. III. 459. 



St; T(5t6 Kal 6i)prt iriKpi]V iirl ixr\Tiv xxpaivn 

 oluvovs re BSXotcnv e\uv koI reKva XaryuiMV. 



iMagstcr ot 

 <I5amt. c. VIII. 



fol. 43. 



iMagster of 

 ffiaiiic. c. V. 



fol. 30. 



L. VII. 



Martial. Epigr. 

 L. XII. Ep. 68. 



Antiquit. 



Roman. Tom. i. 



662. 



Statii Sylv. 

 L. HI. 1.57. 



" Foxes done grete banne," says Duke Edmund, " in wareyns of conynges and of 

 hares, the whiche thei ete, and take hem so gynnously and withe grete malice, and 

 not withe rennyng." 



5. 'Eirl 5e Sop/caSi reffffapas Zpax/J^ds. The tetradrachm of silver was worth four 

 drachmas, or three shillings sterling — a high valuation of the roe-deer, an animal of 

 chase, rather scarce in the British Isles, but at all times, I believe, abundant in 

 France. De I-angley calls the roe " a good litel beest, and goodly for to bunte to." 



6. 'OvSrav yiv46\ia t^kt] t^j 'Apre'^tSos. The gods of antiquity had their natal 

 days as well as men. " Dies nobis natalitii sunt," says Arnobius, " et potentias 

 coelites dies autumant habere natales." The anniversary of Diana's birth-day (see 

 Ad. Tumebi Adversar. L. viii. c. xxvi.) was celebrated on the 13th of August — 

 " Augustis reditldibus Diana." " Feriis suis, emeritos canes, quietosque a vena- 

 tions, et immunes habere credebatur, et ipsa etiam feriari," in the words of Pitiscus. 



Ipsa coronat 

 Emeritos Diana canes, et spicula tergit, 

 Et tutas sinit ire feras. 



Ovid. Metam. 

 L. XV. 130. 



Pausanias in Achaicis c. xviii. describes a splendid celebration of the sylvan rites 

 of Diana Laphria by the people of Patrae, in costliness and magnificence far sur- 

 passing these Celtic ceremonies, but in character somewhat similar. The festival of 

 Patrse was also annual, as in Celtica. 



7. 'lepuov. 



Victiraa labe carens, et prjestantissima forma, 

 (Nam placuisse nocet,) vittis praesiguis et auro 

 Sistitur ante aras. 



The ancient sacrifice consisted of three principal things — libation, incense, and vic- 

 tim ; of which the latter was most important — varying according to the character of 

 the deity to whom it was ofiFered, and that of the persons offering. Perfection of 

 form, as described by Ovid, was essential to acceptance at the altar. 



8. Ot ixiv oiV, ol 5e alya. So iu Horace's invitation to Phyllis to attend his banquet 

 on Mfficenas's natal day. 



