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From mythology we learn that Hermaphroditus was the son of Hermes, or Mercury, and Venus Aphrodite, and had the powers both of a father and mother. In speaking of the foregoing Ausonius writes, "Cujus erat facies in qua paterque materque cognosci possint, nomen traxit ab illis."
'Man alone, says M. Bayle, 'that masterpiece of his Creator among things visible, man alone, I say, gives rise to great objections with regard to the oneness of God. Claudian made the same observation, unburdening his heart in these well-known lines: Saepe mihi dubiam traxit sententia mentem, etc.
"Voluit," says Matthew Paris, "ligamenta coifæ suæ solvere, ut, palam monstraret se tonsuram habere clericalem; sed non est permissus. Satelles vero eum arripiens, non per coifæ ligamina sed per guttur eum apprehendens, traxit ad carcerem."
At posteriores, Arabico sinu, vt ante dictum, inter Asiam Africamque termino constituto, Africa eam contribuerunt. Nomen traxit ab Agypto Danai fratre; ante Aeria dicta. Terminatur a Septemtrione suo mari, id est, Agyptio, ab Ortu Arabia Petraa et dicto sinu; a Meridie Athiopia, ab Occasu Cyrenaica. Longa est a Pelusiaco Nili ostio ad Catabathmum opidum milliar.
This is precisely the division of functions made by Ovid, as the father sees Hercules perishing on the funeral pyre. "Nec nisi materna Vulcanum parte potentem Sentiet. Aeternum est a me quod traxit et expers Atque immune necis, nullaqe domabile flamma." He is not enough acquainted with natural history to make valuable observations.
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