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Thread #58211 Message #921047
Posted By: Bonnie Shaljean
29-Mar-03 - 12:06 AM
Thread Name: Folklore: What was behind virgins wearing laurels?
Subject: RE: Folklore: What was behind virgins wearing laurels?

There are also the references at the bottom of the page, ie Ovid, Metamorphoses 1.568, Amores 3.6.31; Diodorus Siculus 1.69; Hyginus, Fables 203. This really is a known myth, not just a "web posting".