Roman sculpture from Augustus to Constantine . ucius Lucilius Felix in the Capitoline Museum (Helbig,440; Altmann, 105),! on seven sides of which is repre-sented a robust Donatellesque Eros, the eighth side beingtaken up by the inscription. One Eros plays the doubleflute, a second the simple pipe, a third the cithara,while two of their companions, holding torches orwreaths, dance to the tune. Again, one little fellow isbusy negotiating a torch taller than himself, while theseventh, closely wrapped up in his filmy cloak, his headstill crowned with the festal wreath, has left the gaythiasos and
Roman sculpture from Augustus to Constantine . ucius Lucilius Felix in the Capitoline Museum (Helbig,440; Altmann, 105),! on seven sides of which is repre-sented a robust Donatellesque Eros, the eighth side beingtaken up by the inscription. One Eros plays the doubleflute, a second the simple pipe, a third the cithara,while two of their companions, holding torches orwreaths, dance to the tune. Again, one little fellow isbusy negotiating a torch taller than himself, while theseventh, closely wrapped up in his filmy cloak, his headstill crowned with the festal wreath, has left the gaythiasos and is going home, holding his tiny lantern tolight him on his way. Above, at each of the angles,hangs a mask from which are suspended delicate vine- ? A replica of the group exists on the fragment of a similarsarcophagus in the collection of Sir Frederick Cook at this class of sarcophagi, see Matz in Arch, Zeitung, xxx.,1872, p. II. t Cf. Petersens dating of sarcophagi with kindred subjects,Annali dell lustiluto, i860, p. 207 it. I. 3 §-
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