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7. (1838) The Mythology of Ancient Greece and Italy (2e éd.) pp. -516

If these observations be correct, Matutinus is the same as Matutus, and is not Janus, i. […] If applied judiciously it will at times give most valuable results ; if under no guidance but that of caprice and fancy, it will become the parent of all sorts of monsters and lusus naturæ. […] It is now, however, hardly possible to rectify the error, if it should be such. […] They died as if O'ercome with sleep, and all good things were theirs. […] It may also be doubted if the temple-legend of Delphi could be as old as the age to which Homer is usually referred.

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