Note 15 — BOOK IV.

Charicles does not farther explain the nature of his offence but the ancient thought that even an accidental, involuntary intrusion into any ceremonies or mysteries at which it was not lawful for the intruder to be present, was always followed by some punishment. Quartilla in Petronius says, "Neque enim quisquam impunè quod non licuit aspexit."

"Inscia quod crimen viderunt lumina, plector, Peccatumque oculos est habuisse, meum!"—Ovid.