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352 derived the little they knew of the.

Macrobius, I believe, furnishes no relation resembling the present: nor is it likely, perhaps.

By Cosdras, is meant, the last king of Athens. See Justin ii. ch. 6 and 7.

There is no foundation in Valerus Maximus for this story.

was the name of the youth who devoted himself, according to Roman History. The condition upon which the sacrifice was to be performed, is purely monastic.