[663] Murmure. Venus was worshiped under the name of ἀφροδίτη ψίθυρος, because all prayers were to be offered in whispers.
[664] Delicias. This is Heinrich's view. Grangæus explains it, "Ut pro ipsis vota deliciarum plena concipiat." Britannicus, "quasi diceret, optat ut tam formosa sit, ut eam juvenes in suos amplexus optent."
[665] Latona. Hom., Od. vi., 106, γέγηθε δέ τε φρένα Λήτω. Virg., Æn., i., 502, Latonæ tacitum pertentant gaudia pectus.
[666] Lucretia.
"Yet Vane could tell what ills from beauty spring,
And Sedley cursed the form that pleased a king!" Johnson.
[667] Concordia. Ov., Heroid, xvi., 288, "Lis est cum forma magna pudicitiæ."
"Chaste—is no epithet to suit with fair." Dryden.
[668] Tradiderit.
"Though through the rugged house, from sire to son,
A Sabine sanctity of manners run." Gifford.
[669] Pœnas metuet. The punishment of adulterers seems to have been left to the discretion of the injured husband rather than to have been defined by law.