[690]. Jordan, op. cit. p. 12.
[691]. O. Gilbert, Gesch. u. Topogr. der Stadt Rom, ii. 260 foll.
[692]. St. John, iii. 30; St. Augustine, Sermo xii in Nativitate Domini: ‘In nativitate Christi dies crescit, in Johannis nativitate decrescit. Profectum plane facit dies, quum mundi Salvator oritur; defectum patitur quum ultimus prophetarum nascitur.’
[693]. See many examples in The Golden Bough, ii. 258 foll., and Brand’s Popular Antiquities, p. 306.
[694]. See R. Peter, in Lex., s. v. Fortuna, 1506.
[695]. Études de Myth. Gaul. i. 56 foll. On p. 58 we find, ‘La Fortune nous paraît donc sortir, par l’intermédiaire d’une image, d’une divinité du soleil.’
[696]. For the history of these symbols in Greek cults, and especially that of Tyche, see a paper by Prof. Gardner in Journal of Hellenic Studies, vol. ix. p. 78, on ‘Countries and Cities in ancient art.’ The rudder seems to connect Fortuna with sea-faring; it is often accompanied by a ship’s prow (R. Peter, Lex. 1507); in connexion with which we may notice that even in Italy her cult is rarely found far from the sea. Cp. Horace, Od. 1. 35, 6 ‘dominam aequoris.’
[697]. 10. 311 foll.; Marq. 578.
[698]. R. Peter, Lex. 1505. She is also often represented with a modius, and with ears of corn. Cp. Horace, l. c. (of the Fortuna of Antium): ‘Te pauper ambit sollicita prece Ruris colonus.’
[699]. Ovid, Fasti, 6. 573 foll. Schwegler, R. G. i. 711 foll.; Preller, ii. 180.