Burrow, Edward John: The Elgin Marbles: With an abridged historical and topographical account of Athens (London, 1837)

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Egyptian, who raised the famous columns at
the entrance of the Mediterranean; the Cretan,
who founded the Olympic games; and the
Theban, who was the son of Jupiter and Alc-
mene. Six are mentioned by Cicero: the son
of Jupiter and Lysidia; the Egyptian; the
Idaean ; the son of Jupiter and Asteria (or the
Tyrian); the Indian, surnamed Belus; and the
Theban: and a long catalogue of mortals are
thus named by different writers. Underneath
the drapery, or chlamys, on which the figure
lies, is discovered one of the attributes of
Alcides, the lion's skin, which is spread over
the rugged rock and shows only the feet and
claws. It is sufficient to distinguish this god
from his fellow-deities. His exploits in Elis
were probably of the same nature with those
of the Boeotian demi-god, and he was equally
renowned for extraordinary strength and prow-
ess. The club is omitted, possibly on purpose
to mark a difference, which is still more.illus-
trated by the proportions of the limbs, and
the youthful graces of the head.' The form is
athletic, but not Herculean, as this term is
defined by the Farnese statue, of Glycon, or