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LIBER X · CAPUT 28

THE IBIS

THE IBIS. Complete modern editorial illustration created specifically for this chapter.
THE IBIS · EDITORIAL PLATE X.28 · modern editorial plate
THE IBIS. Complete modern editorial illustration created specifically for this chapter.

Latine · Mayhoff 1906

invocant et Aegyptii ibis suas contra serpentium adventum, et Elei Myiacoren deum muscarum multitudine pestilentiam adferente, quae protinus intereunt quam litatum est ei deo.

English · Bostock & Riley 1855–57

The Egyptians also invoke their ibis against the incursions of serpents; and the people of Elis, their god Myiagros, when the vast multitudes of flies are bringing pestilence among them; the flies die immediately the propitiatory sacrifice has been made to this god.