. The works of Joseph Addison;. IPBejckar. So BTALOGUES OW MEDALS. 275 would have her propitious to the marriage of Jason and mentions her by her qualities, and not by her name. AsperiMartis sangiiiiicas quae cohibii miinus,QiiiE diit bclliperis iVEcleia peiitibus,Et corim icliiiet divite copiam. Sen. Med. act. i. Who soothes f^eat Mars the warrior god,And checks his arm distained with blood,Wlio joins in leagues the janing horn of plenty tills her hands. The descrijjtion, says Eugeuius, is a copy of the figure Avehave before us: aud for the future, instead of any ftirthern
. The works of Joseph Addison;. IPBejckar. So BTALOGUES OW MEDALS. 275 would have her propitious to the marriage of Jason and mentions her by her qualities, and not by her name. AsperiMartis sangiiiiicas quae cohibii miinus,QiiiE diit bclliperis iVEcleia peiitibus,Et corim icliiiet divite copiam. Sen. Med. act. i. Who soothes f^eat Mars the warrior god,And checks his arm distained with blood,Wlio joins in leagues the janing horn of plenty tills her hands. The descrijjtion, says Eugeuius, is a copy of the figure Avehave before us: aud for the future, instead of any ftirthernote on this passage, I would have the reverse you haveshown us stamped on the side of it. The interpreters ofSeneca, says Pliilunder, will understand the precedent versesas a description of Yenus, though in my opinion there is onlythe first ot them that can aptly relate to her, which at tliesame time agrees as well with Concord: and that this was agoddess who used to interest herself in marriages, we maysee in the following des
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