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LXX. How a Man Who Overcomes His Private Enemy

LXX. HOW A MAN WHO OVERCOMES HIS PRIVATE ENEMY 2.

To denote a man who overcomes his private enemy, they

p. 130

delineate an HYÆNA TURNING TO THE RIGHT; but if himself overcome, they on the contrary depict ONE TURNING TO THE LEFT; for should this animal, when pursued, turn to the right, it slays the pursuer, but if to the left, it is slain by the pursuer.

Footnotes
  1. 129:2

    LXX. See the skin placed before Osiris, B. I. c. 40. The skin is in some manner connected with judgment and protection, but it is not yet well understood.

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