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"Neu defensura calorem Aurea submoveant rapidos umbracula soles." Claud., lib. viii., De. iv. cons. From this we may conclude that the carrying an Umbrella was in some sort a mark of effeminacy. In another place carrying the Umbrella is alluded to as one of the duties of a slave:
We find frequent reference to the Umbrella in the Roman Classics, and it appears that it was, not unlikely, a post of honour among maid-servants to bear it over their mistresses. Allusions to it are tolerably frequent in the poets. Ovid speaks of Hercules carrying the Parasol of Omphale: "Aurea pellebant rapidos umbracula soles, Quæ tamen Herculeæ sustinuere manus." Ov.
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