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on a small votive offering, lately found at Del-
phos, and now in this University.[|
3. The Statue of Ceres at Eleusis was dis-
tinguished by the Kais&ifl/w, or Ilohj Basket,
which she bore on her head, and which, during
the celebration of the Mysteries, was carried in
solemn procession. She is thus represented on
a medal of the Ptolemies,§ on the Bas Relief,
engraved in Whelcr's Travels on the colossal
Statue brought from Italy, now in the possession
of Mr. Tovvnly; and on various antique gems,
lamps, and vases. A Statue of Ceres is engraved
in Montfaucon, after a drawing by Mons. Le
Brim, in which theKaAafiw, is represented plain,
without ornaments. It holds in one hand a
Patera, and in the other poppies.jjj] The origi-
nal was at Rome. It' the upper part of the
figure only had been discovered,* it might with
.equal reason have been calledaCanephora.
explaining the cause of its appearance on Grecian antiquities. Its
original signification, avowedly mynta ious, embraces a larger field of
enquiry and more conjecture than is consistent with the present un-
dertaking. Admitting the common opinion, that it represented the
head of the Medusa, its purport lias been already suggested. But if a
different explanation were allowed, it probably comprehended an
intimation of that principle of which the Goddess herself was the
personified representative, in her character of Luna.
|| See fig. 2. of the Plate.
§ In the collection of the late Dr. Hunter.
t Page 405, folio edit. Loud. 1682.
Illl Montfaucon, vol. 1. plate 43. fig. 4. edit. Paris, 1722.
* See fig. 3. of the Plate.
on a small votive offering, lately found at Del-
phos, and now in this University.[|
3. The Statue of Ceres at Eleusis was dis-
tinguished by the Kais&ifl/w, or Ilohj Basket,
which she bore on her head, and which, during
the celebration of the Mysteries, was carried in
solemn procession. She is thus represented on
a medal of the Ptolemies,§ on the Bas Relief,
engraved in Whelcr's Travels on the colossal
Statue brought from Italy, now in the possession
of Mr. Tovvnly; and on various antique gems,
lamps, and vases. A Statue of Ceres is engraved
in Montfaucon, after a drawing by Mons. Le
Brim, in which theKaAafiw, is represented plain,
without ornaments. It holds in one hand a
Patera, and in the other poppies.jjj] The origi-
nal was at Rome. It' the upper part of the
figure only had been discovered,* it might with
.equal reason have been calledaCanephora.
explaining the cause of its appearance on Grecian antiquities. Its
original signification, avowedly mynta ious, embraces a larger field of
enquiry and more conjecture than is consistent with the present un-
dertaking. Admitting the common opinion, that it represented the
head of the Medusa, its purport lias been already suggested. But if a
different explanation were allowed, it probably comprehended an
intimation of that principle of which the Goddess herself was the
personified representative, in her character of Luna.
|| See fig. 2. of the Plate.
§ In the collection of the late Dr. Hunter.
t Page 405, folio edit. Loud. 1682.
Illl Montfaucon, vol. 1. plate 43. fig. 4. edit. Paris, 1722.
* See fig. 3. of the Plate.