Note 504 — Chapter V · THE DEMONOLOGY OF GHOSTS AND SPRITES AND BOGEYS.
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Athen. V. 64 § 221 κτείνει τὸν ὑπ’ αὐτῆς θεωρηθέντα, οὐ τῷ πνεύματι ἀλλὰ τῇ γιγνομένῃ ἀπὸ τῆς τῶν ὀμμάτων φύσεως φορᾷ καὶ νεκρὸν ποιεῖ. The same account is given by Aelian, Hist. An. VII. 5, and Eustathius § 1704 in commenting on Od. XI. 633.