28/38 Havercamp,) may prove that such amorous frauds have been practised with success.] [Footnote 49: See the images of Serapis, in Montfaucon, (tom.ii. p. 20) is much more picturesque and satisfactory.] [Footnote 50: Sed fortes tremuere manus, motique verenda Majestate loci, si robora sacra ferirent In sua credebant redituras membra secures. 429.) "Is it true," (said Augustus to a veteran of Italy, at whose house he supped) "that the man who gave the first blow to the golden statue of Anaitis, was instantly deprived of his eyes, and of his life ?"--"I was that man, (replied the clear-sighted veteran,) and you now sup on one of the legs of the goddess." (Plin.Hist.Natur. |