Pompeii, its history, buildings, and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations, and also an itinerary for visitors . is encircled with the signs of the zodiac, and in themiddle are the bear, the dragon, &c. On the ground are thebreast-plate, the greaves, and the helmet. In the third picture is seen Hercules crowned with ivy,inebriated, and lying on the ground at the foot of a cypresstree. He is clothed in a sandyx, or short transparent tunic,and has on his feet a sort of shoes, one of which he has kickedoff. He
Pompeii, its history, buildings, and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations, and also an itinerary for visitors . is encircled with the signs of the zodiac, and in themiddle are the bear, the dragon, &c. On the ground are thebreast-plate, the greaves, and the helmet. In the third picture is seen Hercules crowned with ivy,inebriated, and lying on the ground at the foot of a cypresstree. He is clothed in a sandyx, or short transparent tunic,and has on his feet a sort of shoes, one of which he has kickedoff. He supports himself on his left arm, while the right israised in drunken ecstacy. A little Cupid plucks at his 4C-i POjJPEII. garland of ivy, another tries to drag away his ample the middle of the picture is an altar with festoons. On thetop of it three Cupids, assisted by another who has climbedup the tree, endeavour to bear on their shoulders the herosquiver; while on the ground, to the left of the altar, fourother Cupids are sporting with his club. A votive tabletwith an image of Bacchus rests at the foot of the altar, andindicates the sod to whom Hercules has been Hercules JJruuk. On the left of the picture, on a little eminence, is a groupof three females round a column having on its top a chief and central figure, which is naked to the waist,has in her hand a fan; she seems to look with interest onthe drunken hero, but whom she represents it is difficult tosay. On the right, half way up a mountain, sits Bacchus, HOUSE OF SIRICUS. 465 looking on the scene with a complacency not unmixed withsurprise. He is surrounded by his usual rout of attendants,one of whom bears a thyrsus. The annexed engraving willconvey a clearer idea of the picture, which for grace, grandeurof composition, and delicacy and freshness of colouring, isamong the best discovered at Pompeii. The exedra is alsoadorned with many other paintings and ornaments, which itwould be t
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