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PLATE IV
couch near to Bacchus, and is in the act of welcoming his illustri-
ous guest, for whom a vacant place has been reserved. The couch
is covered with the skin of an animal,(5) the foot of which is
hanging down. Close to the couch is a tripod table, on which is
a drinking cup, with fruit and cakes; and at the foot of this table
are two tragic and two comic masks, lying on a kind of stool. The
group of figures, in the rear of Bacchus, compose the suite who
have accompanied him on this visit. They consist of a Faun bearing
a thyrsus, Silenus playing upon the double pipe, a Faun with his
right arm raised in the air, and an aged figure supporting in his
arms a female Bacchante, who is intoxicated. All these figures are
crowned with wreaths of ivy. Silenus is partly covered by a cloak,
and he has socks on his feet.(6) Of the Bacchante, nothing remains
except the lower part of her drapery, the head and body having
been lost. Immediately behind the couch, Ave see a curtain nailed
against the side of a large house, which makes a conspicuous
appearance in the background; a Faun is decorating the house
with festoons of flowers, and for this purpose he is mounted on the
outer wall. That part of the house covered by the curtain, is the
entrance, as appears by a portion of the door-way which is seen
just above the hangings. A very good idea may be obtained from
this marble, of the style of buildings which prevailed at an early
Bis Cotta soleas perdidisse questus,
Dum negligentem ducit ad pedes vernam,
Qui solus inopi prsestat, et facit turbam:
Excogitavit homo sagax, et astutus,
Ne facere posset tale ssepius damnum,
Excalceatus ire ecepit ad ccenam.
Martial, lib. xii. ep. 89.
5 'H/z-evoi sv pivoltn /3otSv ooj axruvov aurol.
Horn. Od. A. v. 10?.
Prsecipuumque thoro, et villosi pelle leonis
Accipit Mneam. Virg. Mn. viii. v. 177-
Athen. Deipn. lib. v. s. 27- Edit. Schweighaeuseri.
couch near to Bacchus, and is in the act of welcoming his illustri-
ous guest, for whom a vacant place has been reserved. The couch
is covered with the skin of an animal,(5) the foot of which is
hanging down. Close to the couch is a tripod table, on which is
a drinking cup, with fruit and cakes; and at the foot of this table
are two tragic and two comic masks, lying on a kind of stool. The
group of figures, in the rear of Bacchus, compose the suite who
have accompanied him on this visit. They consist of a Faun bearing
a thyrsus, Silenus playing upon the double pipe, a Faun with his
right arm raised in the air, and an aged figure supporting in his
arms a female Bacchante, who is intoxicated. All these figures are
crowned with wreaths of ivy. Silenus is partly covered by a cloak,
and he has socks on his feet.(6) Of the Bacchante, nothing remains
except the lower part of her drapery, the head and body having
been lost. Immediately behind the couch, Ave see a curtain nailed
against the side of a large house, which makes a conspicuous
appearance in the background; a Faun is decorating the house
with festoons of flowers, and for this purpose he is mounted on the
outer wall. That part of the house covered by the curtain, is the
entrance, as appears by a portion of the door-way which is seen
just above the hangings. A very good idea may be obtained from
this marble, of the style of buildings which prevailed at an early
Bis Cotta soleas perdidisse questus,
Dum negligentem ducit ad pedes vernam,
Qui solus inopi prsestat, et facit turbam:
Excogitavit homo sagax, et astutus,
Ne facere posset tale ssepius damnum,
Excalceatus ire ecepit ad ccenam.
Martial, lib. xii. ep. 89.
5 'H/z-evoi sv pivoltn /3otSv ooj axruvov aurol.
Horn. Od. A. v. 10?.
Prsecipuumque thoro, et villosi pelle leonis
Accipit Mneam. Virg. Mn. viii. v. 177-
Athen. Deipn. lib. v. s. 27- Edit. Schweighaeuseri.