Cilicia, its former history and present state; with an account of the idolatrous worship prevailing there previous to the introduction of Christianity . ld enable them to bear considerable vio-lence without breaking, and would account for such a number havingbeen found whole and perfect, although subjected to the same inten-tional destruction which the rest of the pieces of the collection have ex-perienced. JUPITEK, JUNO, AND APOLLO. lo7 4thly. Some of the fragments are votiveofferings, consecrated to the honour of the gods,and attesting their condescension to suffer-ing humanity, and their po
Cilicia, its former history and present state; with an account of the idolatrous worship prevailing there previous to the introduction of Christianity . ld enable them to bear considerable vio-lence without breaking, and would account for such a number havingbeen found whole and perfect, although subjected to the same inten-tional destruction which the rest of the pieces of the collection have ex-perienced. JUPITEK, JUNO, AND APOLLO. lo7 4thly. Some of the fragments are votiveofferings, consecrated to the honour of the gods,and attesting their condescension to suffer-ing humanity, and their power to help. Todamage or remove such would have been con-sidered the highest act of desecration. Themost wicked man would have been shocked atsuch a crime. Wliat, then, could have causedsuch a sweeping act of sacrilege ? Here he theprized memorials of relief obtained from thegods in time of trouble, and the very godsthemselves lying in the same indiscriminateruin. There lies the Olympic Thunderer withhis jaw broken. No. 5, and the head of hissaucy wife for a companion, in the , 6. His wmgs could not save the patron, No. 7, a winged Apollo,. HE^VD OF JUFITER.
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