Violent deaths of the Roman kings, ii. 313 sqq.

Violets sprung from the blood of Attis, v. 267

Vipers sacred to balsam trees in Arabia, xi. 44 n. 1

Viracocha, name applied by the Peruvian Indians to the Spaniards, i. 56, 57 n.

Virbius, the mate of Diana at Nemi, i. 19-21, 40 sqq., ii. 129, 378, v. 45;

the mythical predecessor or archetype of the Kings of the Wood at Nemi, i. 40 sq., ii. 129;

perhaps annually married to Diana at Nemi, ii. 129;

perhaps a local form of Jupiter, ii. 379;

etymology of the name, ii. 379 n. 5;

restored to life by Aesculapius, iv. 214;