Verse 2
Thou shalt make the horns of it - The horns might have three uses:
- For ornament.
There is one of Faustina, on which the altar and its horns are very distinct, the legend Pietas Augusta . All the following have altars with horns. One of Valerian, legend Consecratio ; one of Claudius Gothicus, same legend; one of Quintillus, same legend; one of Crispina, with the legend Diis Genitalibus ; and several others. See Numismatica Antiq., a Musellio, under Consecratio, in the index.
Callimachus, in his Hymn to Apollo, line 60 introduces him constructing an altar of the horns of the animals slain by Diana:
- πηξε δε βωμον <-144 Εκ κεραων κ. τ. λ.
Martial has these words: Cornibus ara frequens .
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