CHAPTER 10. _The Sun._ The passage quoted is from some unknown

tragedy, perhaps a Phoenissae, cp. Eur. Phoen. 1.

_Mercury._ Those born under Mercury had a 'mercurial' disposition, those under Mars a 'martial' temper (cp. _ignita_).

_other divine influences that lie midway._ Cp. note on Apologia, chap. 43.

Cp. also Ecl. v. 37.