The holed vessel in Italy 433
hiberna
suspendunt et annus in cura est, vos quidem cotidie pasti statimque pransuri,
alneis et cauponiis et lupanaribus operantibus, aquilicia lovi immolatis, nudipedalia
P°pulo denuntiatis, caelum apud Capitolium quaeritis, nubila de laquearibus exspectatis,
aversi ab ipso et deo et caelo, cp. de ieiun. 16 sed et omnem T<nravo<t>p6vr)<nv ethnici
agnoscunt. cum stupet caelum et aret annus, nudipedalia denuntiantur, magistratus pur-
puras ponunt, fasces retro avertunt, precem indigitant, hostiain instaurant). The stone
JVas drawn by the priests (interp. Serv. in Verg. Am. 3. 175 'manabat,' fluebat. hinc et
P1* nianalis quem trahebant pontifices, quotiens siccitas erat, cp. Varr. ap. Non.
arc- p. 877, 8 ff. Lindsay (cited infra p. 435 n. 2)), and was perhaps drenched with
as a magical or quasi-ma.gica.1 cure for the drought (Folk-Lore 1904 xv. 268 f.). Why
s Particular stone was chosen, we do not know. Was it the sepulchral stile of some
once famous Etruscan water-finder (Varr. Menipp. frag. 444 Bllcheler ap. Non. Marc.
Sj- 97> 16 Lindsay at hoc pacto utilior te Tuscus aquilex) or rain-maker (Frazer Golden
Bough*. The Magic Art i. 310 n. 4)?
G. Wissowa in Pauly—Wissowa Real-Enc. ii. 310, id. Rel. Kult. Rom.2 p. 121
11 roves the connexion of aqua-elicium with Iupiter Elicius propounded by O. Gilbert
b eS<il<:,lte vnd Topographie der Stadl Rom im Altertum Leipzig 1885 ii. 154 and accepted
y ■ Aust in Roscher Lex. Myth. ii. 658, id. in Pauly—Wissowa Real-Enc. v. 2366 f.,
t]^\^,ethe objections of M. H. Morgan 'Greek and Roman Rain-Gods and Rain-Charms' in
ransactions of the American Philological Association 1901 xxxii. 100 ff. (especially
Sat's°5 I was formerly attracted by this view (Folk-Lore 1904 xv. 269), but am now
q ed tnat Iupiter Elicius was essentially a lightning-god, not a rain-god (pace J. B.
ber er deorum Romanornm cognominibus Lipsiae 1898 p. 42, P. Perdrizet in Darem-
S--i5agli0 Diet. Ant. iii. 710). He had an altar on the Aventine (Varr. de ling. Lat.
this* 0un<ied by Numa, whom he had instructed in lightning-lore (Liv. 1. 20). About
5. 1 ar an oa-°- tale was told by Valerius Antias (frag. 6 Peter ap. Arnob. adv. nat.
a d02C^' fast- 3. 285 ff., Plout. v. Num. 15). Numa, at the advice of Egeria, posted
Were en cnaste youths in ambush beside a spring, from which Faunus and Martius Picus
fell int'0n' '° c'1'n'<' ano- further mixed much wine with the water. The gods drank deep,
Oy. > stupor, and were bound fast by the young men (Sir J. G. Frazer in his note on
CaPtured' " 2^ leSar<3s ihe incident as 'probably modelled on' the ruse by which Midas
tneanse>. ^''enos)- Faunus and Martius Picus were thus forced to disclose to the king the
°fi"ered ^ Iupiter could be enticed from heaven to earth. The king thereupon
reveai tlfCU^Ce 0n -Aventine, enticed Iupiter to come down, and pressed him to
'"•cfan e nEnt method of expiating thunderbolts. 'With the head...,' said Iupiter:
'With a j?mon'' added Numa. 'With a human...,' said Iupiter: ' ...hair,' put in Numa.
Agates fo'^"1^ creature,' said the god : 'With a sprat,' concluded the king. And so sur-
^PPaien^ ^ bead anci hair of a live man were found in an onion, a hair, and a sprat
*^ich thj ^ 'hair' suggested a small fish, cp. the use of rptxis, rpixias, rpcxlSwi', etc.),
('u the C/"f
continued to form the ingredients of a lightning-spell (Plout. v. Num. 15)
^lltl>an sa ev' '9°3 xvii. 269 and 270 n. 1 I have discussed the similar mitigation of
P'°n- Hal"„ ? '° Dis and Saturn (Varr. ap. Macrob. Sat. I. 7. 28 ff., r. u. 48 f., cp.
to
u'n. j. " Sracious' mood and the place was called liicium in consequence (Plout. v.
^eaven in'" R°m- t. 19) and to Mania (Macrob. Sat. 1. 7. 34 f.)). Iupiter returned
Jj^'Vopeufl" T°" "e^" <*'re^e<'' '^<J> ycofiemv, tov 5i rbirov 'IXUlov dir' eKeivov
p.°sKlius \fa Later, however, he slew with a thunderbolt Numa's successor, Tullus
T's° f>'ag. m"1,'^ made some slip in the due performance of these rites (L. Calpurnius
j J iq p ----- —r *" ---t------------— - ------ -----v— -~—1-------
+' Liv. x e er aP- PHn. nat. hist. 2. 140 and frag. 13 Peter ap. Plin. nat. hist. 28
Since the'' A"r' Vict- de viris Mus*- 4- *)•
a!°5 p- Ho) W°°ded slol>e of the Aventine (A. Merlin L'Aventin dans Vantiquiti Paris
^ A,WaS black with the shade of the ilex' (Ov.fast. 3. 295), I conjectured years
..'"Piter 1903 xvii- - 7°. i>>- 1904 xviii. 365 f.) that Iupiter Elicius should rather
S Ja*e that lT^u S°d of the 0ak' (ilex> >liceus' MgimSt iligneus). Prof. Goldmann
Since the ' Vict- de viris illusir- 4- 4)-
':■/■■-) r
-'ass. fi,
Piter m
'^'ydrcw'J16 Kad .independently hit upon the rendering Elicius,' 'of the Oak.' He
upiter ." '903 xvii. 270, ii. 1904 xviii. 365 f.) that Iupiter Elicius should rather
C. m Wy attentlon to a paragraph by H. Schuchardt in the Zeitschrift fiirromanische
28
hiberna
suspendunt et annus in cura est, vos quidem cotidie pasti statimque pransuri,
alneis et cauponiis et lupanaribus operantibus, aquilicia lovi immolatis, nudipedalia
P°pulo denuntiatis, caelum apud Capitolium quaeritis, nubila de laquearibus exspectatis,
aversi ab ipso et deo et caelo, cp. de ieiun. 16 sed et omnem T<nravo<t>p6vr)<nv ethnici
agnoscunt. cum stupet caelum et aret annus, nudipedalia denuntiantur, magistratus pur-
puras ponunt, fasces retro avertunt, precem indigitant, hostiain instaurant). The stone
JVas drawn by the priests (interp. Serv. in Verg. Am. 3. 175 'manabat,' fluebat. hinc et
P1* nianalis quem trahebant pontifices, quotiens siccitas erat, cp. Varr. ap. Non.
arc- p. 877, 8 ff. Lindsay (cited infra p. 435 n. 2)), and was perhaps drenched with
as a magical or quasi-ma.gica.1 cure for the drought (Folk-Lore 1904 xv. 268 f.). Why
s Particular stone was chosen, we do not know. Was it the sepulchral stile of some
once famous Etruscan water-finder (Varr. Menipp. frag. 444 Bllcheler ap. Non. Marc.
Sj- 97> 16 Lindsay at hoc pacto utilior te Tuscus aquilex) or rain-maker (Frazer Golden
Bough*. The Magic Art i. 310 n. 4)?
G. Wissowa in Pauly—Wissowa Real-Enc. ii. 310, id. Rel. Kult. Rom.2 p. 121
11 roves the connexion of aqua-elicium with Iupiter Elicius propounded by O. Gilbert
b eS<il<:,lte vnd Topographie der Stadl Rom im Altertum Leipzig 1885 ii. 154 and accepted
y ■ Aust in Roscher Lex. Myth. ii. 658, id. in Pauly—Wissowa Real-Enc. v. 2366 f.,
t]^\^,ethe objections of M. H. Morgan 'Greek and Roman Rain-Gods and Rain-Charms' in
ransactions of the American Philological Association 1901 xxxii. 100 ff. (especially
Sat's°5 I was formerly attracted by this view (Folk-Lore 1904 xv. 269), but am now
q ed tnat Iupiter Elicius was essentially a lightning-god, not a rain-god (pace J. B.
ber er deorum Romanornm cognominibus Lipsiae 1898 p. 42, P. Perdrizet in Darem-
S--i5agli0 Diet. Ant. iii. 710). He had an altar on the Aventine (Varr. de ling. Lat.
this* 0un<ied by Numa, whom he had instructed in lightning-lore (Liv. 1. 20). About
5. 1 ar an oa-°- tale was told by Valerius Antias (frag. 6 Peter ap. Arnob. adv. nat.
a d02C^' fast- 3. 285 ff., Plout. v. Num. 15). Numa, at the advice of Egeria, posted
Were en cnaste youths in ambush beside a spring, from which Faunus and Martius Picus
fell int'0n' '° c'1'n'<' ano- further mixed much wine with the water. The gods drank deep,
Oy. > stupor, and were bound fast by the young men (Sir J. G. Frazer in his note on
CaPtured' " 2^ leSar<3s ihe incident as 'probably modelled on' the ruse by which Midas
tneanse>. ^''enos)- Faunus and Martius Picus were thus forced to disclose to the king the
°fi"ered ^ Iupiter could be enticed from heaven to earth. The king thereupon
reveai tlfCU^Ce 0n -Aventine, enticed Iupiter to come down, and pressed him to
'"•cfan e nEnt method of expiating thunderbolts. 'With the head...,' said Iupiter:
'With a j?mon'' added Numa. 'With a human...,' said Iupiter: ' ...hair,' put in Numa.
Agates fo'^"1^ creature,' said the god : 'With a sprat,' concluded the king. And so sur-
^PPaien^ ^ bead anci hair of a live man were found in an onion, a hair, and a sprat
*^ich thj ^ 'hair' suggested a small fish, cp. the use of rptxis, rpixias, rpcxlSwi', etc.),
('u the C/"f
continued to form the ingredients of a lightning-spell (Plout. v. Num. 15)
^lltl>an sa ev' '9°3 xvii. 269 and 270 n. 1 I have discussed the similar mitigation of
P'°n- Hal"„ ? '° Dis and Saturn (Varr. ap. Macrob. Sat. I. 7. 28 ff., r. u. 48 f., cp.
to
u'n. j. " Sracious' mood and the place was called liicium in consequence (Plout. v.
^eaven in'" R°m- t. 19) and to Mania (Macrob. Sat. 1. 7. 34 f.)). Iupiter returned
Jj^'Vopeufl" T°" "e^" <*'re^e<'' '^<J> ycofiemv, tov 5i rbirov 'IXUlov dir' eKeivov
p.°sKlius \fa Later, however, he slew with a thunderbolt Numa's successor, Tullus
T's° f>'ag. m"1,'^ made some slip in the due performance of these rites (L. Calpurnius
j J iq p ----- —r *" ---t------------— - ------ -----v— -~—1-------
+' Liv. x e er aP- PHn. nat. hist. 2. 140 and frag. 13 Peter ap. Plin. nat. hist. 28
Since the'' A"r' Vict- de viris Mus*- 4- *)•
a!°5 p- Ho) W°°ded slol>e of the Aventine (A. Merlin L'Aventin dans Vantiquiti Paris
^ A,WaS black with the shade of the ilex' (Ov.fast. 3. 295), I conjectured years
..'"Piter 1903 xvii- - 7°. i>>- 1904 xviii. 365 f.) that Iupiter Elicius should rather
S Ja*e that lT^u S°d of the 0ak' (ilex> >liceus' MgimSt iligneus). Prof. Goldmann
Since the ' Vict- de viris illusir- 4- 4)-
':■/■■-) r
-'ass. fi,
Piter m
'^'ydrcw'J16 Kad .independently hit upon the rendering Elicius,' 'of the Oak.' He
upiter ." '903 xvii. 270, ii. 1904 xviii. 365 f.) that Iupiter Elicius should rather
C. m Wy attentlon to a paragraph by H. Schuchardt in the Zeitschrift fiirromanische
28