Cilicia, its former history and present state; with an account of the idolatrous worship prevailing there previous to the introduction of Christianity . ?>0. 36,—COJtlC MASK (SMALI>). NO. 16.—ADONIS AS APOLLO WITHTHE CLOAK AND BKOOCH. would be diflScult lo guess, unless we may trace out an idea from itsresemblance to Silenm, who, as the preceptor of Bacchus, stands as ademigod, and who received after his death divine honours, and had atemple at Ells, the present Belvedere, which was a large and populouscity in the time of Demosthenes, though it did not exist in the age ofHomer. Adonis (N
Cilicia, its former history and present state; with an account of the idolatrous worship prevailing there previous to the introduction of Christianity . ?>0. 36,—COJtlC MASK (SMALI>). NO. 16.—ADONIS AS APOLLO WITHTHE CLOAK AND BKOOCH. would be diflScult lo guess, unless we may trace out an idea from itsresemblance to Silenm, who, as the preceptor of Bacchus, stands as ademigod, and who received after his death divine honours, and had atemple at Ells, the present Belvedere, which was a large and populouscity in the time of Demosthenes, though it did not exist in the age ofHomer. Adonis (No. 16) is also represented by the Greek artists as andro-gynous. He was especially honoured in Syria, the supposed scene ofhis death by the wild boax^ and being a special favourite of Apollo, ADONIS. 179 who was so particularly revered at Tarsus (in which latter conclusionwe are confirmed by the great many representations we find this godto possess in this collection of the Cilician Penates), it is not astonishingto find him here in company with the other objects of worship: wemay observe that he has a cloak and brooch, with which his patro
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