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2,64 ROME.
in such a Majesty as Homer himself re*
presentshim, presides over the Ceremony.
Eu^v <?’ tufuora. Xgyvldiw drip npfyov «X-
XcdV.
Ax^yrdr/) xopvQ>i) 7roXv'<Petgyd'@J OuXuptiroio*
Immediately beneath him are the Fi-
gures of the Nine Muses, suppos’d to
be celebrating the Praises of the Poet.
Homer himself is placed at one End of
the lowed: Row, sitting in a Chair of
State, which is supported on each Side
by the Figure of a kneeling Woman.
The one holds a Sword in her Hand to
represent the Iliad, or Addons of Achil-
les, as the other has an Apla fire to repre-
sent the Odyjj'y, or Voyage of 'Ulyjjes.
About the Poet’s Feet are creeping a
stands Time, and the Genius of the
Earth, distinguiih’d by their proper At-
Poet’s Head, to intimate the mighty Re-
futation he has gain’d in all Ages, and
in all Nations of the World. Before
him stands an Altar with a Bull ready
to be Sacrific’d to the new God, and
behind the Victim a Train of the several
V ertues that are reprelented in HomtrS
Works,
1 Works, or
lifting up th
i the Poet, ar
nity. This
is in the Poll
hnna, but n
the Palace,m
Among tl
Coins which
but take par
late to any <
that are ih
First kind 1
' ed by the
. tiquities, ai
' met with in
as the Pillars
Arches of D
imius Sever
Concord, P
and Faujlina
wlis, and ti-
ding to Fabt
siem'i Amph
Baths
Subjest of
doubted of.
and Pons
Place among
an.
in such a Majesty as Homer himself re*
presentshim, presides over the Ceremony.
Eu^v <?’ tufuora. Xgyvldiw drip npfyov «X-
XcdV.
Ax^yrdr/) xopvQ>i) 7roXv'<Petgyd'@J OuXuptiroio*
Immediately beneath him are the Fi-
gures of the Nine Muses, suppos’d to
be celebrating the Praises of the Poet.
Homer himself is placed at one End of
the lowed: Row, sitting in a Chair of
State, which is supported on each Side
by the Figure of a kneeling Woman.
The one holds a Sword in her Hand to
represent the Iliad, or Addons of Achil-
les, as the other has an Apla fire to repre-
sent the Odyjj'y, or Voyage of 'Ulyjjes.
About the Poet’s Feet are creeping a
stands Time, and the Genius of the
Earth, distinguiih’d by their proper At-
Poet’s Head, to intimate the mighty Re-
futation he has gain’d in all Ages, and
in all Nations of the World. Before
him stands an Altar with a Bull ready
to be Sacrific’d to the new God, and
behind the Victim a Train of the several
V ertues that are reprelented in HomtrS
Works,
1 Works, or
lifting up th
i the Poet, ar
nity. This
is in the Poll
hnna, but n
the Palace,m
Among tl
Coins which
but take par
late to any <
that are ih
First kind 1
' ed by the
. tiquities, ai
' met with in
as the Pillars
Arches of D
imius Sever
Concord, P
and Faujlina
wlis, and ti-
ding to Fabt
siem'i Amph
Baths
Subjest of
doubted of.
and Pons
Place among
an.