A Festival observ'd in honour of 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, i. e. Mer••••••y, by the Phe∣••••••ae in Arcadia (f) 1.1, and the Cyllenians in Elis (g) 1.2.
Another we find observ'd by the Tangraeans in Boeotia (h) 1.3, where Mer∣cury was call'd 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, i. e. the Ram-bearer, and represented with a Ram upon his Shoulder, because he is said in a time of Plague to have walk'd about the City in that Posture, and cur'd the Sick; in memory of which Action, it was customary for one of the most beauti∣ful Youths in the City to walk round the City-walls with a Lamb, or Ram upon his Shoulders.
A Festival of the same Name was also observ'd in Crete, where it was usual for the servants to sit down at Table, whilst their Masters stood by, and waited (i) 1.4; which custom was also practis'd at the Roman Saturnalia.
Another of Mercury's Festivals was observ'd by Boys in the Schools of Exercise at Athens (k) 1.5; at which no adult Persons were allow'd to be present, beside the Gymnasiarch; who, if convicted of having admitted any, underwent the same punishment with those that cor∣rupted free-born Youth: The occasion of which Law seems to have been the foul and not to be nam'd Lust, and Wantonness, that were practis'd in former Times at this Solemnity.