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MYSTERIES OF APOLLO An ancient marble tablet illustrating the power and responsibilities of Apollo, Bacchus, Hercules and Mercury. (Oedipus Aegyptiacus, by ATHANASIUS KIRCHER, Volume II, i, 206, dated 1652–54.)

1,600-year-old lead curse tablet in the Museo Archeologico Civico di Bologna, of unknown provenance. — "The first known surviving curse directed at a Roman senator. ... The text is written mainly in Latin with Greek invocations ... 'Crush, kill Fistus the senator,' part of the curse reads, 'May Fistus dilute, languish, sink and may all his limbs dissolve …' " — Image a composite of photo and drawing found at The History Blog http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/16889