[345] Lucian, Alexander, 25, 47.

[346] According to Friedländer (III., p. 531), this happened between 167 and 169.

[347] Friedländer, p. 532.

[348] Friedländer, III., p. 533.

[349] Ibid., p. 534.

[350] For details see Friedländer, loc. cit.

[351] Friedländer, pp. 535 ff. This form of superstition still flourishes in great force among at least the lower class of Italians at the present day; and the continual stimulation afforded to it by the public lottery is not the least mischievous consequence of that infamous institution.

[352] Aelian, Fragm., 98; Friedländer, p. 494.

[353] Friedländer, loc. cit.

[354] Friedländer, p. 549.