A description of the first discoveries of the antient city of Heraclea, found near Portici, a country palace belonging to the king of the Two SiciliesIn two . DAVERIT ( 4. ) QVOD CVRIAM. COMMERCII INSTITVERIT VOTA. PVBLICA The xlv The A IT T H 0 rs Pr e f a c eT ne learned World render their gratefuUefi Acknow-Jedger/ients of the Magnificences of the tmparallelledCHARLES Kifig of the Two Sicilies^ ivha, net re-garding any Expence^ has not only caiifed thefe preciousMonuments of Antiquity to be dug out of the Bowelscf the Earth -, but alfo preferves them with the great-ifi
A description of the first discoveries of the antient city of Heraclea, found near Portici, a country palace belonging to the king of the Two SiciliesIn two . DAVERIT ( 4. ) QVOD CVRIAM. COMMERCII INSTITVERIT VOTA. PVBLICA The xlv The A IT T H 0 rs Pr e f a c eT ne learned World render their gratefuUefi Acknow-Jedger/ients of the Magnificences of the tmparallelledCHARLES Kifig of the Two Sicilies^ ivha, net re-garding any Expence^ has not only caiifed thefe preciousMonuments of Antiquity to be dug out of the Bowelscf the Earth -, but alfo preferves them with the great-ifi Care and Diligence \ having reflored to the Worldsa City which was buried^ and had been^ as it were^entirely forgot^ and of which one may fay^ as Senecadid * of the Villa ef C. Cefar in the fame Heraclea :C. Caefar Villam in Herculanenfi pulcherrimam, quamater fua aliquando in ilia cuftoaita erat, diruit>. fe-citque ejus per hoc notabilem fortunam ; ftantem e-nim praenavigabamus: nunc caufa dirutas qu^eritur ;there remaining ft ill a grander Idea of the RomanMagnificence •, and a more glorious Remembrance ofcur invincible King. » De Ira lib. 3. cap. 23,. A Table of CONTENTS. PARTI. Of the Foundation of Heraclea; CHAP. I. Who Hercules was, and why fo called Page I CHAP. II. Of the Coming of Hercules Fhcenkiusinto Italy 9 CHAP. III. Of the City Heraclea and Placesadjacent 17 CHAP. IV. Of the firfl Eruption ofVefiivius, and ofthat which deftroyed the Cities He-raclea and Pompeia 3 3 PART II. Of the Ajitiqiiities of Heraclea. CHAP. I. An Account cf the firfi Difcoveries made in 1689 ^^^^ 11 ^\ 46 CHAP. II. An Account of the Bifcovsry of the an- tient theatre of H^ r a c l e a 51 C H A P. III. Ohfervations on the faid Theatre 56 CHAP. IV. Account of the AntiqjAities found in the Theatre 73 CHAP. V. Account cf Antiquities yj CHAP. VI. Ohfervations en the Infcriptions yS CHAP. VII. Of the Temples and Paintirtgs, found near the Theatre 90, CHAP, VIII. Other Ohfervations on, andD
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