Cilicia, its former history and present state; with an account of the idolatrous worship prevailing there previous to the introduction of Christianity . She has taken Cupid captive, whois struggling to escape. It does not appear certain whether this was afigure of Venus or of a Nymph, who, having captured Cupid, is scourg-ing him. The portion of drapery remaining is stiff and formal. Among the numerous figures of Cupid that are met with in theTarsus collection is one winged, bearing the club of Hercules. Thiswas a not uncommon form among the Egyptians, where Horus wasin like manner represented
Cilicia, its former history and present state; with an account of the idolatrous worship prevailing there previous to the introduction of Christianity . She has taken Cupid captive, whois struggling to escape. It does not appear certain whether this was afigure of Venus or of a Nymph, who, having captured Cupid, is scourg-ing him. The portion of drapery remaining is stiff and formal. Among the numerous figures of Cupid that are met with in theTarsus collection is one winged, bearing the club of Hercules. Thiswas a not uncommon form among the Egyptians, where Horus wasin like manner represented, according to the custom of the Neomenia,with different attributes, some-times with the wings of the Ete-sian wind; at others with theclub of Hercules and arrows ofApollo; and at others riding ona lion, driving a bull, or tyinga ram. The powerful child,celebrated for disarming bothgods and men, is often repre-sented with some trophy of thischaracter, such as the helmetof Mars, &c. &c., to denote thetrivunphs of love over thestrongest of men. ^°- and swan. Another Cupid (No. 58) occurs, caressing a swan; the head is 220 LARES AND PENATES. It is a pleasing group: the association of Cupid and the swan was verycommon. It is altogether a sweet little piece, both in composition andexecvition; but the neck appears to be too short to represent a SAvans,and what corroborates the doubts entertained on this subject is, that , of St. Johns AVood (Abbey Road), possesses a dozen terra-cottaimages, found in Italy, of great beauty, among which there is a similarform of a bird, the neck of which is quite as short, and of which has kindly allowed a copy to be taken. It is of very superior
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