Orpheus. See the Orphica (Abel), Fr. 172; Argonaut. 955 sqq. Lithica 172 sqq.
Laevius. The MSS. give Laelius. But no poet Laelius is known. There was, however, a poet Laevius at the beginning of the first century b.c.
the lover's knot. The Latin is antipathes, explained by Abt (Apologie des Apuleius, p. 103) as quod mutuum affectum provocat.
the magic wheel spun rapidly to draw the beloved to the lover. Cp. Theocr. ii. 30. 'And as this brazen wheel spins, so may Delphis be spun by Aphrodite to my door.'
nails. Portions of the beloved were valuable ingredients in charms. Cp. Apul. Metamorph. bk. iii, 16, 17, where hair from the beloved's head is required.
ribbons used as fillets during the ritual. Cp. [chap. 30], 'soft garlands.'
the two-tailed lizard. Theocr. ii. 57, testifies to the use of the lizard as a love charm. A magic papyrus from Egypt (Griffiths Thompson, col. xiii (23), p. 97) mentions a two-tailed lizard as an ingredient in a charm to cause death.
the charm that glads, &c., sc. hippomanes; see [note] on preceding page.
[Chapter 31.] Homer. Iliad xi. 741. Odyssey iv. 229.
Proteus. Odyssey iv. 364.