The antiquities of Herculaneum . P. S. Ztim bat -n fen fy>. [ 135 ] PLATE XXXII. M TH E attitudes of the two beautiful and delicate figuresreprefented in the firft pi£ture [2] of this plate, in atafte not inferior to its companions, are really fine, and ex-tremely graceful. One of the boys fupports upon his leftfhoulder an inftrument of feveral firings [3], which he toucheswith his right hand [4], and dances at the fame time. The £1] Catalogue, n. 466, 3. and 468. 3. [2] This pi&ure was found the 7th of September, 1748, atRefina: the otherwas found Augufl the 13th, of that year, in the fame
The antiquities of Herculaneum . P. S. Ztim bat -n fen fy>. [ 135 ] PLATE XXXII. M TH E attitudes of the two beautiful and delicate figuresreprefented in the firft pi£ture [2] of this plate, in atafte not inferior to its companions, are really fine, and ex-tremely graceful. One of the boys fupports upon his leftfhoulder an inftrument of feveral firings [3], which he toucheswith his right hand [4], and dances at the fame time. The £1] Catalogue, n. 466, 3. and 468. 3. [2] This pi&ure was found the 7th of September, 1748, atRefina: the otherwas found Augufl the 13th, of that year, in the fame ruins, but not in the fameplace. [3] Athenaeus, iv. 25. p. 182, 183, reckons up many forts of mufical inftru-ments with firings. Pollux, lib. iv. cap. ix. f. 59, &c. alfo gives us a confiderablenumber. They both mention among the reft the triangle. Socrates in Athenaeus, callsthis inftrument fyvyiov. And one of the guefts in this author fays, that one Alex-ander Alexandrinus played fo well upon this inftrument; that,
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