The most approved classical preservatives against lightning were the eagle, the sea-calf, and the laurel. Jupiter chose the first, AugustusCæsar the second, and Tiberius the third. (Columella, x.; Sueton. in Vit. Aug., xc.; dittoin Vit. Tib., lxix.) (SeeHouse-leek.)
Bodies scathed and persons struck deadbylightning were said to be incorruptible; and anyone so distinguished was held by the ancients in greathonour. (J.C. Bullenger: De Terræ Motu, etc., v. 11.)
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