| Pliny the Elder, Natural History (English) (XML Header) [genre: prose] [word count] [lemma count] [Plin. Nat.]. | ||
| <<Plin. Nat. 36.69 | Plin. Nat. 36.70 (Latin) | >>Plin. Nat. 37.1 |
I must not omit too, one portentous fact connected with the hearth, and famous in Roman history. In the reign of Tarquinius Priscus, it is said, there appeared upon his hearth a resemblance of the male generative organ in the midst of the ashes. The captive Ocrisia, a servant of Queen Tanaquil, who happened to be sitting there, arose from her seat in a state of pregnancy, and became the mother of Servius Tullius, who eventually succeeded to the throne. [Note] It is stated, too, that while the child was sleeping in the palace, a flame was seen playing round his head; the consequence of which was, that it was believed that the Lar of the household was his progenitor. It was owing to this circumstance, we are informed, that the Compitalia, [Note] games in honour of the Lares, were instituted.
SUMMARY.—Remedies mentioned, eighty-nine. Facts and narratives, four hundred and thirty-four.
ROMAN AUTHORS QUOTED.—M. Varro, [Note] Cælius, [Note] Galba, [Note] Cincius, [Note] Mucianus, [Note] Nepos Cornelius, [Note] L. Piso, [Note] Q. Tubero, [Note] Fabius Vestalis, [Note] Annius Fetialis, [Note] Fabianus, [Note] Seneca, [Note] Cato the Censor, [Note] Vitruvius. [Note]
FOREIGN AUTHORS QUOTED.—Theophrastus, [Note] Pasiteles, [Note] King Juba, [Note] Nicander, [Note] Sotacus, [Note] Sudines, [Note] Alexander [Note] Polyhistor, Apion, [Note] Plistonicus, [Note] Duris, [Note] Herodotus, [Note] Euhemerus, [Note] Aristagoras, [Note] Dionysius, [Note] Artemidorus, [Note] Butoridas, [Note] Antisthenes, [Note] Demetrius, [Note] Demoteles, [Note] Lyceas. [Note]
| Pliny the Elder, Natural History (English) (XML Header) [genre: prose] [word count] [lemma count] [Plin. Nat.]. | ||
| <<Plin. Nat. 36.69 | Plin. Nat. 36.70 (Latin) | >>Plin. Nat. 37.1 |
