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[4863] Goats were sacrificed to Bacchus, but not, so far as is known, to Mercury. Cf. c. 16, p. 524, n. 3. [4864] Lit. "by the paction of some transaction is it," etc. [4865] So all except both Roman edd., which retain the ms. reading desi-d-eret (corrected -n- by Gelenius)--"wish." __________________________________________________________________ 22. If, then, these things are vain, and are not supported by any reason, the very offering [4866] of sacrifices also is idle. For how can that which follows have a suitable cause, when that very first statement from which the second flows …

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