The museum of classical antiquities : being a series of essays on ancient art . left panel of end wall has three figures reclining on thecushioned triclinium, two of whom are either speaking to, orkissing each other, and the third claps her hands, as if in keep-ing time; a fourth is seated at the extreme end, and playing alyre, while the principal figure is dancing in the middle, with anamphora or diota on his shoulder. Behind the canopy, which iscuriously disposed so as to hide less of his figure, is the beardedBacchus on a pedestal, holding his thyrsus in his left on right of end w
The museum of classical antiquities : being a series of essays on ancient art . left panel of end wall has three figures reclining on thecushioned triclinium, two of whom are either speaking to, orkissing each other, and the third claps her hands, as if in keep-ing time; a fourth is seated at the extreme end, and playing alyre, while the principal figure is dancing in the middle, with anamphora or diota on his shoulder. Behind the canopy, which iscuriously disposed so as to hide less of his figure, is the beardedBacchus on a pedestal, holding his thyrsus in his left on right of end wall represents nine Cupids and. EXCAVATED UNDER PERSONAL SUPERINTENDENCE. 65 Psyches—the classic number—in various attitudes, round acircular table, on which are numerous cups, rhytons, and asitulus. One is playing on short tibise; another is yawning,and stretching himself, with his arm extended upwards, and isadmirably executed. Two others are embracing. Behind thevelarium is Bacchus, as in last painting. In the third, which is that on side of ala, various Cupids,
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