Note 299 — TIT and TITH.
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Nonnus often introduces a dragon as a protector of virginity; watching while the damsel slumbered, but sleepless itself: [299]Ὑπναλεης αγρυπνον οπιπτευτηρα κορειης: and in another place he mentions [300]Φρουρον εχεις απελεθρον Οφιν. Such an one guarded the nymph Chalcomeda, [301]Παρθενικης αγαμοιο βοηθοος. The Goddess Proserpine had two [302]dragons to protect her, by the appointment of her mother Demeter.