17-18).

This opposition of deities is more fully expressed in the attempt to make antithetic the relations of the gods and the Manes, thus: 'The gods are represented by spring, summer, and rains; the Fathers, by autumn, winter, and the dewy season; the gods, by the waxing; the Fathers, by the waning moon; the gods, by day; the Fathers, by night; the gods, by morning; the Fathers, by afternoon' (_Cat.

Br._ II.

1.-31; _ib_.II.4.2.1.

ff.: 'The sun is the light of the gods; the moon, of the Fathers; fire, of men').