Note 140 — Second Part. (continued 2)

Pliny, Hist. Nat. Bk. XXXIX. ch. 4., Anguis Aesculapius Epidauro Romam advectus est, vulgoque pascitur et in domibus. (The snake of Aesculapius was introduced from Epidaurus to Rome, and is very commonly kept there, even in houses). Martial, bk. VII. Epigr. 86., Si gelidum collo nectit Gracilla draconem. (If Gracilla twines a clammy snake round her neck). Comp. Lucian, Alexander, Works, Vol. IV. p. 259. Philostratus, Heroic. Bk. VIII. ch. 1.