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Or, as Castor Cf. Jacoby, Frag. der griech. Hist. 250, Frag. 15. states when he is trying to bring Roman customs into relation with Pythagorean doctrines: the Spirit within us entreats and supplicates the gods without, and thus he symbolizes by the covering of the head the covering and concealment of the soul by the body.
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Why do they sacrifice to Saturn with the head uncovered?
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Is it because Aeneas instituted the custom of covering the head, and the sacrifice to Satum dates from long before that time?
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Or is it that they cover the head before the heavenly deities, but they consider Saturn a god whose realm is beneath the earth? Or is it that no part of Truth is covered or overshadowed, and the Romans consider Saturn father of Truth?
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And why do they consider Saturn father of Truth?
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Is it that they think, as do certain philosophers, Cf.Moralia, 363 d; Aristotle, De Mundo, chap. vii. ad init. (401 a 15); Cornutus, chap. vi. (p. 7 ed. Lang); Macrobius, Saturnalia, i. 8. 7. that Saturn (Kronos) is Time (Chronos), and Time discovers the truth? Or because it is likely that the fabled Age of Saturn, if it was an age of the greatest righteousness, participated most largely in truth?
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Why do they also sacrifice to the god called Honor with the head uncovered? One might translate Honor as renown or honour.
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Is it because renown is a brilliant thing, conspicuous, and widespread, and for the reason that they uncover in the presence of good and honoured men, is it for this same reason that they also worship the god who is named for honour?
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Why do sons cover their heads when they escort their parents to the grave, while daughters go with uncovered heads and hair unbound?
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Is it because fathers should be honoured as gods by their male offspring, but mourned as dead by their daughters, that custom has assigned to each sex its proper part and has produced a fitting result from both?
