[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.