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tho’ on other Occasions he is drawn, as
Horace has describ’d him, Tunicd cinftum
adamantina. The Sculptor however, to
distinguish him from the rest of the Gods,
gave him what the Medallists call his
proper Attributes, a Spear in one Hand,
and a Shield in the other. As he was
represented deseending, his Figure ap-
pear’d suspended in the Air over the Ve-
stal Virgin, in which Sense the Word
Pendentis is extremely proper and Poeti-
cal. Besides the Antique Bajjo Relievo^
that made me first think of this Inter-
pretation, I have since met with the same
Figures on theReverses of a couple of an-
cient Coins, which were stamp’d in the
Reign of Antoninus Pius, as a Compli-
ment to that Emperor, whom for his
Excellent Government and Conduct of
as a Second kind of Founder.
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tho’ on other Occasions he is drawn, as
Horace has describ’d him, Tunicd cinftum
adamantina. The Sculptor however, to
distinguish him from the rest of the Gods,
gave him what the Medallists call his
proper Attributes, a Spear in one Hand,
and a Shield in the other. As he was
represented deseending, his Figure ap-
pear’d suspended in the Air over the Ve-
stal Virgin, in which Sense the Word
Pendentis is extremely proper and Poeti-
cal. Besides the Antique Bajjo Relievo^
that made me first think of this Inter-
pretation, I have since met with the same
Figures on theReverses of a couple of an-
cient Coins, which were stamp’d in the
Reign of Antoninus Pius, as a Compli-
ment to that Emperor, whom for his
Excellent Government and Conduct of
as a Second kind of Founder.
M z