[19] Seneca, Apocol., 9. At the risk of irrelevance, I cannot refrain from pointing out the enduring nature of proverbs as exemplified in this section. Hercules grows more and more anxious at the turn the debate is taking, and hastens from one god to another, saying: "Don't grudge me this favour; the case concerns me closely. I shan't forget you when the time comes. One good turn deserves another" (Manus manum lavat). This is exactly the Neapolitan proverb, "One hand washes the other, and both together wash the face." "Una mano lava l'altra e tutt'e due si lavano la faccia," is more or less the modern version. In chapter vii. we have also "gallum in suo sterquilino plurimum posse," which corresponds to our own, "Every cock crows best on its own dunghill."
[20] Petr., Sat., 34.
[21] Θὑύραζε, κἡρες, οὑκετ Ἁνθεστἡρια. Cp. Rohde, Psyche, 217.
[22] Fast., v. 419 ff.
[23] Tertull., De An., 56.
[24] N.H., 28. 2. 19.