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PLATE XXXIV.
these heads were immediately placed in the collection of Pope
Benedict XIV. A small bust of Epicurus in bronze, with the name
inscribed upon the circular plinth, was afterwards discovered near
Herculaneum.(4) It is in consequence of these discoveries, that we
have been enabled to determine with certainty that the head now
before us represents Epicurus, as it bears a perfect similarify to both
the heads which are inscribed with his name.
This head probably belonged to a statue ; it was found at Rome,
in the villa Casali, near the church of Santa Maria Maggiore, in
the year 1/75.
The nose, and the lobe of the left ear, are modern ; as are likewise
the term, and a portion of the cloak.
Height, 1 foot 6£ inches.
4 Bronzi di Ercolano, torn. i. tav. xxi. xxif. and Visconti, Iconographie Grecque, pi. 25.
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these heads were immediately placed in the collection of Pope
Benedict XIV. A small bust of Epicurus in bronze, with the name
inscribed upon the circular plinth, was afterwards discovered near
Herculaneum.(4) It is in consequence of these discoveries, that we
have been enabled to determine with certainty that the head now
before us represents Epicurus, as it bears a perfect similarify to both
the heads which are inscribed with his name.
This head probably belonged to a statue ; it was found at Rome,
in the villa Casali, near the church of Santa Maria Maggiore, in
the year 1/75.
The nose, and the lobe of the left ear, are modern ; as are likewise
the term, and a portion of the cloak.
Height, 1 foot 6£ inches.
4 Bronzi di Ercolano, torn. i. tav. xxi. xxif. and Visconti, Iconographie Grecque, pi. 25.
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