Note 341 — Chapter I · THEORY OF EDUCATION.—BIRTH OF CHILDREN.—INFANTICIDE.
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Eurip. Ion. 15. sqq.—There were certain amulets, too, called περίαπτα which superstitious mothers hung about the necks of their children to defend them from fascination and the evil eye. Pollux, iv. 182. Vict. in Arist. Ethic. Nicom. p. 42.