Cilicia, its former history and present state; with an account of the idolatrous worship prevailing there previous to the introduction of Christianity . hed aUover wdth a white ground of lime. The crowns and rays of some figureswere blue; the faces and bodies red, and the garments green; the eyessometimes blue. The figiu-es, when complete, were represented standingupon oval or circular pedestals, sometimes with a moulding; and onebust was on a round motdded pedestal, very like those of marble. Fromthis it is evident, that many were rudercopies of statues, probably of those in thetemples. Some
Cilicia, its former history and present state; with an account of the idolatrous worship prevailing there previous to the introduction of Christianity . hed aUover wdth a white ground of lime. The crowns and rays of some figureswere blue; the faces and bodies red, and the garments green; the eyessometimes blue. The figiu-es, when complete, were represented standingupon oval or circular pedestals, sometimes with a moulding; and onebust was on a round motdded pedestal, very like those of marble. Fromthis it is evident, that many were rudercopies of statues, probably of those in thetemples. Some few heads, grotesques, orcaricatures, have holes for plugs to fit themto some other material; these were probablytoys. Few of the figures exceed the heightof nine or ten inches; but part of the crowns,and the imitated pschent of the Greekfigures of Harpocrates, were found, whichshew that some of them must have reachedbetween two and three feet. The first subjectof remark, indeed, is the prevalence of the IsiacAvorship. Busts of Serapis, with the modius,others perhaps intended for Isis (No. 11), no. 11.—isis. * See also Lucian, Prometheus, s. 192 LARES AND PENATES. and distinct busts of Harpocrates (No. 38), as he appears at the time ofthe Roman Empire, wearing on his head the crown called pschent and alaurel wi-eath, holding the index finger of his right hand raised to hismouth, and holding in his left hand a cornucopia, often occur repeated,although no one figm-e is complete. Once he was represented leaningagainst a colmnn. Considerable respect appears to have been paid tothis exotic cultus, which divided with that of the Ephesian Diana, theSamian Juno, and the Phrygian Cybele, the Pantheism of Asia Minor,and even Rome itself. Of these two other cultus no traces occur ; butseveral busts from figures, which either represent the turreted head ofCybele, or of the city of Tarsus, as it appears on the silver auton}Tiious
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