Outlines from the figures and compositions upon the Greek, Roman, and Etruscan vases of the late Sir William Hamilton; with engraved borders . ho was the priestess,when the bacchanals were proscribed by the senate, wasby birth a Campanian a native of Capua; and what isvery remarkable is, that the vases made in Campania arethose, upon which these mysteries are most frequentlyrepresented ; and this seems to confirm the opinion, thatthe manufacture of vases ceased about the time of thedestruction of Capua, and that Ebon, the tributary god ofmany towns in Campania, was the same as Bacchus, inhonou
Outlines from the figures and compositions upon the Greek, Roman, and Etruscan vases of the late Sir William Hamilton; with engraved borders . ho was the priestess,when the bacchanals were proscribed by the senate, wasby birth a Campanian a native of Capua; and what isvery remarkable is, that the vases made in Campania arethose, upon which these mysteries are most frequentlyrepresented ; and this seems to confirm the opinion, thatthe manufacture of vases ceased about the time of thedestruction of Capua, and that Ebon, the tributary god ofmany towns in Campania, was the same as Bacchus, inhonour of whom these rites were celebrated, and for theuse of which these vases seem to have been consecrated. PLATE XXXV. This seems to represent a domestic ceremony in honour ofsome god, whose symbol is held by one of the females. PLATE XXXVI. One of the three figures, of which this beautiful designis composed, seems to represent Volumnia, the mother ofCoriolanus, namely, the one that is seated. Hersilia, hersister-in-law, stands before her, and Valeria, the sister of fwvsv^ygywmym^ i £•:%»%«%-&»as»%«%-%*%-&-^-^»%-?i. I | ?;-:«b::©::©::^::^x^:-:^::^:^:^;:^k^a^/;i3 g^^^g^j^gggjg^^^^^^^ETO Plo3© I t-^-«-%-Sfe*ife*&-?3?-^-%3S-%-%-%-!
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