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This second fact seems to intensify the difficulty of the first. If, then, the tale told of Aeneas Cf. Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities, xii. 16. is true, that, when Diomedes passed by, he covered his head and completed the sacrifice, it is reasonable and consistent with the covering of one’s head in the presence of an enemy that men who meet good men and their friends should uncover. In fact, the behaviour in regard to the gods is not properly related to this custom, but accidentally resembles it; and its observance has persisted since the days of Aeneas.