cleomenes-第8部分
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Cleomenes; saw a large snake winding about his head; and covering
his face; so that no bird of prey would fly at it。 This made the
king superstitiously afraid; and set the women upon several
expiations; as if he had been some extraordinary being; and one
beloved by the gods; that had been slain。 And the Alexandrians made
processions to the place; and gave Cleomenes the title of hero; and
son of the gods; till the philosophers satisfied them by saying;
that as oxen breed bees; putrifying horses breed wasps; and beetles
rise from the carcasses of dead asses; so the humours and juices of
the marrow of a man's body; coagulating; produce serpents。 And this
the ancients observing; appropriate a serpent; rather than any other
creature; to heroes。
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