The antiquities of Herculaneum . fhe may rather be Minerva, who, befides beingthe tutelary deity of Athens, is called by Lycophron v. 986. Sastor/y£j for whichfurname Paufanias affigns a reafon, ii. 21.—Befides, the fymbols of Diana are fome-times appropriated to Minerva, and the twogoddelfes confounded with each other. The 22 P L A T E V. The two little pieces of painting which reprefent variouskinds of fifh emerging from the water [20], although not ofcapital beauty, have neverthelefs their merit [21]. f 20] See Cat. n. 3 12 and 302. Thefe have no relation to Thefeus, and were taken from dif
The antiquities of Herculaneum . fhe may rather be Minerva, who, befides beingthe tutelary deity of Athens, is called by Lycophron v. 986. Sastor/y£j for whichfurname Paufanias affigns a reafon, ii. 21.—Befides, the fymbols of Diana are fome-times appropriated to Minerva, and the twogoddelfes confounded with each other. The 22 P L A T E V. The two little pieces of painting which reprefent variouskinds of fifh emerging from the water [20], although not ofcapital beauty, have neverthelefs their merit [21]. f 20] See Cat. n. 3 12 and 302. Thefe have no relation to Thefeus, and were taken from different places. Therebeing many pieces of this kind which are not of importance enough to merit a par-ticular explanation; in order not to rob the public of the pleafure of obferving thegufto of the ancients in this way, it was thought proper to fill up fome vacancieswich them. [21] Vitruvius vii. 5. and Pliny xxxv. to. inform us what, and how great a partof houfes was allotted to thefe pretty trifles in ftucco-painting. PLATE. [ n ] PLATE VI. M f | ^ HIS picture [2] is the companion of the preceding,JL and is executed in a manner [3] not inferior to it; butthe defign is not lb clear. The child who is fuckled by thehind may be Telephus. This incident certainly favours thatname [4.]. The reft of the figures feem to bear a relation tohim [5]. His father Hercules, adorned with his raoft remark-et] See Catalogue, n. 123.[2] Found at Refina along with the Thefeus. [3] The fame fkill is difcernible in the defign of this piece, and in the attitudesof the figures, as well as the fame manner of colouring. [4] Diodorus iv. 33. writes that Coryius called the child TjjA^ov, ano t>?j T^aa-yjgsXcKpa : Telephus, from the hind which had nourijhed him. Apollodorus iii. 9. Hygimtsf. 99.—Paafanias ix. 31. obferve, that among other beautiful works of excellenttirtifts which he had feen at Helicon, was a hind giving fuck to the \\xx\tTelephus. [5] Hercules, returning victorious from the war
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