Note 1137 — Chapter I · THE VILLA AND THE FARMYARD.
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Herod. i. 216. Brisson. de Regn. Pers. ii. 5. The reason why the horse was selected as a victim to the sun, was that its swiftness appeared to resemble that of the god:—ὡς τακύτατον τῷ τακύτατω. Bochart. Hierozoic. pt. i. l. ii. c. 10. Olear. in Philost. Vit. Apoll. Tyan. i. 31. p. 29. Justin. i. 10. Suid. v. μίθρου. t. ii. p. 162, f. This practice is likewise mentioned by Ovid, (Fast. i. 385, seq.)
Placat equo Persis radiis Hyperiona cinctum,
Ne detur celeri victima tarda deo.
Cf. Vigenere, Images des Philostrates, p. 773. Par. 1627.