. St. Nicholas [serial] . therlylove, and their legend relates that, as a reward fortheir affection, Jupiter placed them together amongthe stars, after their death, where they are calledGemini, the Twins. They were worshiped inGreece, and at Rome there was a temple erected tothem, opposite the temple of Vesta, in the Forum,and on the 15th of July the equites (or soldiers onhorses) went there in solemn procession to performtheir rites in honor of the Dioscuri. Ancient Sculptures Now Existing. Copy of the head of Asclepius after Alcamenes; in the BritishMuseum. Copies after those of Praxiteles.
. St. Nicholas [serial] . therlylove, and their legend relates that, as a reward fortheir affection, Jupiter placed them together amongthe stars, after their death, where they are calledGemini, the Twins. They were worshiped inGreece, and at Rome there was a temple erected tothem, opposite the temple of Vesta, in the Forum,and on the 15th of July the equites (or soldiers onhorses) went there in solemn procession to performtheir rites in honor of the Dioscuri. Ancient Sculptures Now Existing. Copy of the head of Asclepius after Alcamenes; in the BritishMuseum. Copies after those of Praxiteles. Venus, as seen on the Cnidian coins. Venus; the finest copy in marble is in the Glyptothek, Munich. Cupid, National Museum at Naples. Cupid, Vatican Museum, Rome. Satyr, Capitol, Rome. Apollo with the Lizard, Louvre, Paris. The Dioscuri on Monte Cavallo, Rome, said to be the joint workof Phidias and Praxiteles. The Niobe Group, Ufizzi, Florence ; copy after Scopas. i88i.] A CHINESE STORY FOR TRANSLATION. 407 nmnTTTrairniT. W> Sill > ^
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