Outlines from the figures and compositions upon the Greek, Roman, and Etruscan vases of the late Sir William Hamilton; with engraved borders . r, in which the ancients sat or re-clined at their feasts, than the present Plate. PLATE XXII. There is no account of the subject of this Plate given byM. DHancarville, nor have we been able to discover anything satisfactory about it. PLATE XXIII. That this is a representation of a feast of Venus, is discer-nible by the dove, with the fillet placed near it, as well asby the branches of myrtle and the pearl girdles, which thegoddess and her priestesses w
Outlines from the figures and compositions upon the Greek, Roman, and Etruscan vases of the late Sir William Hamilton; with engraved borders . r, in which the ancients sat or re-clined at their feasts, than the present Plate. PLATE XXII. There is no account of the subject of this Plate given byM. DHancarville, nor have we been able to discover anything satisfactory about it. PLATE XXIII. That this is a representation of a feast of Venus, is discer-nible by the dove, with the fillet placed near it, as well asby the branches of myrtle and the pearl girdles, which thegoddess and her priestesses wear. Two symbols are placedon the symbolic pillar of Bacchus; one is a pine apple,indicative of that god as well as of Cybele, the other mayprobably be the bcetilus in the shape of a small urn, whichdenotes Venus ; the armed figure signifies the god of war,whose connexion with the goddess, to whom this feast isconsecrated, needs no explanation ; she was often repre-sented in armour, particularly, according to Pausanias, inher temples at Lacedemon and Corinth ; several gems cor-roborate this testimony. 2 Ij^JWf^MplW^ar^an^siT^iMplI. 3
Size: 1785px × 1400px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1800, bookid, booksubjectvasesetruscan
