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[49] The figure is of a forgotten memorial inscription. The spider-web as a sign of human desertion is as old as Homer; cf. Hom. Od.16.34 “Ὀδυσσῆος δέ που εὐνὴ χήτει ἐνευναίων κάκ᾽ ἀράχνια κεῖται ἔχουσα” ; and the reminiscence in Prop. 4.6.33 “putris et in vacuo texetur aranea lecto” ; also
.“ vel pede quod gracili deducit aranea filum,
cum leve deserta sub trabe nectit opus
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