Sophocles, _Trachiniae_, 6 _sqq._ The combat of Hercules with the bull-shaped river-god in presence of Dejanira is the subject of a red-figured vase painting. See Miss J. E. Harrison, _Prolegomena to the Study of Greek Religion_ 2nd Ed., (Cambridge, 1908), Fig. 133, p. 434. Footnote 536: Aeschines, _Epist._ x. The letters of Aeschines are spurious, but there is no reason to doubt that the custom here described was actually observed. Footnote 537: See the evidence collected by Mr. Floyd G. Ballentine, “Some Phases of the Cult of the Nymphs,” _Harvard Studies in Classical Philology_, xv. (1904) pp. 97 _sqq._ Footnote 538: F. Panzer, _Beitrag zur deutschen Mythologie_, i. 107-110, ii. 550. At Ragusa in Sicily an enormous effigy of a dragon, with movable tail and eyes, is carried in procession on St. George’s Day (April 23rd); and along with it two huge sugar loaves, decorated with flowers, figure in the procession. At the end of the festival these loaves are broken into little bits, and every farmer puts one of the pieces in his sowed fields to ensure a good crop. See G. Pitrè, _Feste patronali in Sicilia_ (Turin and Palermo, 1900), pp. 323 _sq._ In this custom the fertility charm remains, though the marriage ceremony appears to be absent. As to the mummers’ play of St. George, see E. K. Chambers, _The Mediaeval Stage_ (Oxford, 1903), i. 205 _sqq._; A. Beatty, “The St. George, or Mummers’, Plays,” _Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters_, xv. part ii. (October, 1906) pp. 273-324. A separate copy of the latter work was kindly sent to me by the author. Footnote 539: