Cilicia, its former history and present state; with an account of the idolatrous worship prevailing there previous to the introduction of Christianity . ind of ornamentcould not be continued to the centre, as it would have converged intoconfusion ; there must have been a central panel or compartment. Itis made of coarse clay, and, after it was turned on the wheel, it wasdipped into a slip of white clay, containing a large portion of lime, tomake it stiU whiter. The scales were thenimpressed, and ornamented by a pencil dippedin a thin ochreous clay, which gives the red-dish-brown stains. It was
Cilicia, its former history and present state; with an account of the idolatrous worship prevailing there previous to the introduction of Christianity . ind of ornamentcould not be continued to the centre, as it would have converged intoconfusion ; there must have been a central panel or compartment. Itis made of coarse clay, and, after it was turned on the wheel, it wasdipped into a slip of white clay, containing a large portion of lime, tomake it stiU whiter. The scales were thenimpressed, and ornamented by a pencil dippedin a thin ochreous clay, which gives the red-dish-brown stains. It was then burnt. In another, we have the tail of a fish, pro-bably half-man.! The only sign of Morpheus, the god of sleep,that I have discovered, is No. 39, the head ofa lad half asleep ; it is of beautiful workman-ship, and would prove that they were not asleepy nation who could model such a het^d ! * On a closer examination of this collection, it wUl be found that many Indian godsbearing the features of the Budists and Bramins had accumulated in Tarsus before theintroduction of Christianity. f See the tale of Ovid, Mariners transformed to CHAPTER III. APOLLO APOLLO BELVEDERE—CARICATURES OF SHDAS—APOLLO OF TARSUS SENATOR IN THE CLAVUS LATUS LION ATTACKING A BULL TELEPHUS OR MERCURY? CERES VICTORY —DATE OF DESTRUCTION OF THE LARES METAMORPHOSIS OF ACTJEON INTO A STAG—REMARKS OF MR. BIRCH. I WILL now proceed to note some observations regarding Apollo, whoappears to have been the god most in favour among the Cilicians. Wehave copies of the admirable statue of the Apollo Belvedere, so called fromhaving been placed in the Belvedere of the Vatican by Pope Jidius II.;it w^as found in the ruins of Antium, in Italy, in the hiteenth cen-tury. It is supposed to have been executed by an Ephesian artist, forone of the Roman emperors—some think Nero. These miniature copies,found in a distant province, shew how popular that beautiful figure musthave become immediately after
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