The mythology of ancient Greece and Italy

Xlv PLATES.
Plate V.
1. Aphrodite at the bath; beside her, the Alabastrites or perfume-vessel: i
holds a cloth in her hand. Coin of the Cnidians of the time of Caracalla, tal
from the Aphrodite of Praxiteles. G. M. 179. Lachau, Sur les Attributs de Ven
p. 71.—2. Psyche in terror of Venus. Statue in the Villa Pinciana. G. M. 1!
—3. Eros. Intaglio. G. M. 191. Millin, Monum. Antiq. ined. ii. 1.
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Aphrodite. Groupe. G. M. 169. Mus. Cap. iii. 20.— 5. Adonis dying in the Ar
of Aphrodite. Ancient Painting copied by Mengs. G. M. 170.
Plate VI.
1. Demeter and Triptolemos in a chariot drawn by dragons ; he has in his chlan
the seed which he is to scatter abroad ; the goddess holds the roll of the laws
agriculture. Cameo. G. M. 220. Acad, de Belles Lettres, i. 276.—2. Athena I
lias feeding the serpent which reared Erichthonios. On a Candelabrum. G.
134. Mus. Pio Clem. iv. 6.—3. Hermes. Intaglio by Dioscorrhides. G. M. 2(
Bracci, Memor. ii. 65.—4. Peace-bringing Athena extinguishing the torch of w;
G. M. 137. Paciaudi, Mon. Pelopon. i. 35.—5. Demeter Thesmophoros showi
Dionysos the roll with the rites of the mysteries ; a priestess at the window. G. ]
276. Tischbein, Vases Grecs, iv. 36 a .
Plate VII.
Persephone and Spring come to Zeus : Hermes explains to him why the godde
is to spend but a part of the year in the upper-world. Below, Triptolemos is in t]
winged chariot, holding a sceptre and ears of corn : Demeter is handing him son
more : a person, supposed to be Hecate, is behind the goddess, and another
feeding the serpents. Painting on a Vase belonging to Prince Stanislaus Poni
towski. G. M. 219.
Plate VIII.
1. Birth of Dionysos: Earth rising, confides the babe to two nymphs of Nys
Bas-relief in the Villa Albani, Musee des Antiques, iii. 34.-2. Dionysos, Ariadn
and Heracles on a couch beneath a vine. Dionysos in the centre, holding a drinl
ing-horn (pvrbv) in one hand, a cup in the other : Ariadne with a thyrse in on
hand, a cantharus in the other ; a Genius hovers over her ; a female stands behin
a This explanation of Millin's cannot be correct. Welcker (Nach. zur Tril. 299,
says that the figure at the window is Althaea the wife of (Eneus (see p. 320.), an
the sitting figure a servant.
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