. The works of Joseph Addison;. the Latins mean courage by the figureof Virtue, as well as by the word itself. Courage wasesteemed the greatest perfection among them, and theriforewent under the name of Virtue in general, as the modernItalians give the same name on the same account to theknowledge of curiosities. Should a Roman painter at pre-sent draw tlie picture of Virtue, instead of the spear andparatouium that she bears on old coins, he would give her abust in one hand and a fiddle in the other. The next, says Philander, is a lady of a more peacefulcharacter, and had her temple at Rome.^
. The works of Joseph Addison;. the Latins mean courage by the figureof Virtue, as well as by the word itself. Courage wasesteemed the greatest perfection among them, and theriforewent under the name of Virtue in general, as the modernItalians give the same name on the same account to theknowledge of curiosities. Should a Roman painter at pre-sent draw tlie picture of Virtue, instead of the spear andparatouium that she bears on old coins, he would give her abust in one hand and a fiddle in the other. The next, says Philander, is a lady of a more peacefulcharacter, and had her temple at Rome.^ —Salutato crepitat Concordia nido. She is often placed on the reverse of an imperial coin, toshow the good understanding between the emperor and em-press. She has always a cornu-copicB in her hand, to denotethat plenty is the fruit of concord. After this short accountof the goddess, I desire you will give me your opinion of thedeity that is described iii the following verses of Seneca, who • Fig. 2. » rig. 3 // / SBKIES 1,.
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