of Yule log prognosticate chickens, lambs, foals, calves, etc., x. 251, 262, 263, 264
Sparrow, external soul of a jinnee in a, xi. 137
Sparrows, charms to keep them from the corn, viii. 274
Sparta, the two kings of, i. 46 sq.;
their relation to Castor and Pollux, i. 48-50
——, state sacrifices offered by the kings at, i. 46;
warned by oracle against a “lame reign,” iv. 38;
funeral games in honour of Leonidas and Pausanias at, iv. 94;
destroyed by an earthquake, v. 196 n. 4;
octennial tenure of kingship at, vii. 82, 85