. History of Rome and of the Roman people, from its origin to the Invasion of the Barbarians;. that around the colossal statue of tlie 1 The Diana of the Greek Olympus is a shy, graecful virgin, goddess of the ni<jlit, lovingthe woods, and forever pursuing her game witli the golden bow, — a symbol of tlie crescentmoon. Like the Athene of Athens, she had never been willing to know the joys of Diana of Ephesus, on the contrary, the old Asiatic goddess, symbolizes the fecundity ofNature. Her body is covered with breasts (nnKifiaaTas) ; upon the cover which wraps her likea mummy a
. History of Rome and of the Roman people, from its origin to the Invasion of the Barbarians;. that around the colossal statue of tlie 1 The Diana of the Greek Olympus is a shy, graecful virgin, goddess of the ni<jlit, lovingthe woods, and forever pursuing her game witli the golden bow, — a symbol of tlie crescentmoon. Like the Athene of Athens, she had never been willing to know the joys of Diana of Ephesus, on the contrary, the old Asiatic goddess, symbolizes the fecundity ofNature. Her body is covered with breasts (nnKifiaaTas) ; upon the cover which wraps her likea mummy arc designed , linns, etc.; she is the power of life (, xiv. (ill; Iausan.,iv. 31, G). Statues like the above iiro common in the museums of Italy. The one here rep-resented is in the Museum of the Vatican. ^ The point of jimction of these rivers lias often changed. It nuist have been originally atthe Place des icrreaux ; in the sixteenth century it was south of Ainay; at the present timeit is half a league distant, at La Mulaticre. Excavations made in 18â8 ntar the Place dcsi. r^•p^ IF K1?11ESU^ ADMINISTRATION OF AUGUSTUS IN THE PIIOYINCES. IGQ Emperor or of the Eternal City * should be erected sixty lesser statues,representing the sixty Gallic cities, whose names were to be engravedon the altar of the gods.^ The work being finished, a noble Eduan,
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