A Description of the Collection of Ancient Marbles in the British Museum: With Engravings...W. Bulmer and Company, and sold at the British museum, 1845 - Marble sculpture, Greek |
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Achilles altar ancient animal Annali dell antique portion Antoninus Pius appears apud artist Bacchus bas relief British Museum bronze bull bust Capitoline Museum Caracalla character Clarac coins collection Combe Combe's Corbould countenance crocodile Cupid Decemviri deity described drapery ears Eckhel Egyptian Emperor engraved executed expression fastened Faunus Faustina feet female figure foot front Gavin Hamilton Gerhard goat's Greek Hadrian hair head head-dress Height 1 ft Height of antique Hist holding ibid inscription Isis left hand legs London Published marble medals Messalina modern monument Müller Muse Musée Nonnus nose ornamented pallium Pausanias peplus personages Phrygian cap PLATE portrait Praxiteles probably Published 1845 repre represented resemblance restored right hand right shoulder Roman Rome round Sabina sarcophagus Satyr sculpture Septimius Severus Serapis Severus side similar situla small statue supposed Towneley Trustees tunic vase Villa workmanship Xanthippus δὲ καὶ τὸ
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Page 107 - Ej^»), at the corners of streets, on the high road, and as landmarks in the country, from which last use their name of terminal is derived. They were held in extreme veneration as objects of worship, sacrifices and libations were daily offered to them, and the severe punishment inflicted oa Alcibiadcs, anil many of the most illustrious citizens, for a pretended violation of them, is well known.
Page 49 - ... Hesychius, was an emblem of Comedy, and also one of the usual attributes of Thalia. The pedum, as well as the arm which holds it, in this statue, are modern, but as the place where the crook anciently rested is discernible upon the figure, there can be no doubt of the correctness of the restoration49. This statue was found by Mr. Gavin Hamilton in the year 1776, in the maritime baths of the Emperor Claudius, in company with the beautiful statue of the Matron Venus already described, p. 167. Room...
Page 39 - Aegypti, qui per sistri motum, quod gerit in dextra, Nili accessus recessusque significat', per situlam, quam sinistra manu retinet, ostendit fluentiam omnium lacunarum.
Page 107 - The custom of representing Hermes or Mercury by a head placed on a cube or quadrangular pillar of wood or stone, is generally known. It was so frequent at Athens, that the name of Hermes became generic, and was applied to all figures of this kind, though the heads were of other divinities or personages. These Henna; were placed in great numbers before the doors of temples and of private houses (Suidas, v.
Page 101 - Ora vides Hecates in tres vergentia partes, ' Servet ut in ternas compita secta vias : ' Et mihi, ne flexu cervicis tempora perdam, ' Cernere non moto corpore bina licet.
Page 64 - Inter finitimos vetus, atque antiqua simultas Immortale odium et nunquam sanabile vulnus Ardet adhuc, Ombos et Tentyra. Summus utrinque Inde furor vulgo, quod numina vicinorum Odit uterque locus, quum solos credat habendos Esse Deos, quos ipse colit."—Juv.
Page 69 - The hair of the figure is short, rugged and crisp; the beard in thick detached tufts; the muscular developement is remarkably hard, rough, and exaggerated, and well illustrates the expression of Pliny in speaking of the horny flesh of fishermen. His left hand rests upon the handle of his basket, his head is turned over his...
Page 23 - Room VI. No. 51. A Bust of Caracalla, two feet in height, found, in 1776, in the Garden of the Nuns at the Quattro Fontane on the Esquiline Hill. The excavation had been made to the depth of forty Roman palms when this head was discovered. The breast is modern. Caracalla, the eldest son of Severus, was born, according to Spartianus, in the year 174. His name was Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Bassianus. He received the appellation of Caracalla from the long mantle...
Page 79 - A bas-relief, representing a female Bacchante clothed in thin floating drapery, through which the beautiful forms of her body are perfectly apparent. With one hand, which is held somewhat above her head, she holds a knife, and at the same time secures a portion of her robe which is blown behind her; with the other hand, which is held downwards, she carries the hind quarters of a kid. This piece of sculpture was...
Page 17 - ... were harmonious. Whatever be the truth in regard to these relations, it is not likely that he "was wont to say ("dicebat") that he would get rid of her, if he were a private person." Schulz derives this passage from his Anonymous, but I can not agree with him in this. Then we are told in Vita, 23, 9, "quando quidem etiam Sabina uxor non sine fabula veneni dati ab Hadriano defuncta est.