Note 268 — Chapter I · CONSTANTINOPLE IN THE SIXTH CENTURY[3]
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The eggs in honour of Castor and Pollux; Tertullian, De Spectaculis, 8:
Κάστορά θ’ ἱππόδαμον καὶ πὺξ ἀγαθὸν Πολυδεύκεα. Iliad, iii.
The dolphins probably referred to Neptune, to whom the horse was sacred.