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PLATE XXXVIII.
A DRUNKEN PAN.
This bas relief was cut from the opposite end of the same Sarco-
phagus as the preceding, and may possibly be a continuation of
the same scene or rather a sequel to it. Pan is borne along upon the
shoulders of two infant figures, and partially supported by a young
Satyr; he may be here represented in a disabled state after the se-
vere flagellation which was the subject of the last plate. There is
not however any necessary connection between these two scenes,
and the Pan, with his half opened eyes, has the appearance of one
who is suffering from the effects of intoxication, rather than flagel-
lation. His legs are borne by an infant figure without wings, the
other who supports his shoulders and upon whom he rests his right
arm is winged. His left arm is passed round the neck of a Satyr,
whose right hand is occupied in upholding his body, while the left
hand grasps one of his legs. This scene takes place beneath the
shade of an aged vine, and represents one of those circumstances
which would necessarily occur at almost every celebration of Bac-
chic orgies, and such as are seen in many sculptures representing
Bacchic ceremonies and processions. Upon the cover of another
sarcophagus1 a drunken Pan appears carried off by two Bacchantes,
and in front of the same monument is a Pan with his hands
bound behind him, led away by two infant figures, who are, as
on the monument here described, one with, the other without
1 Millin, Galerie Mythologique pi. lxiv. no. 243.
PLATE XXXVIII.
A DRUNKEN PAN.
This bas relief was cut from the opposite end of the same Sarco-
phagus as the preceding, and may possibly be a continuation of
the same scene or rather a sequel to it. Pan is borne along upon the
shoulders of two infant figures, and partially supported by a young
Satyr; he may be here represented in a disabled state after the se-
vere flagellation which was the subject of the last plate. There is
not however any necessary connection between these two scenes,
and the Pan, with his half opened eyes, has the appearance of one
who is suffering from the effects of intoxication, rather than flagel-
lation. His legs are borne by an infant figure without wings, the
other who supports his shoulders and upon whom he rests his right
arm is winged. His left arm is passed round the neck of a Satyr,
whose right hand is occupied in upholding his body, while the left
hand grasps one of his legs. This scene takes place beneath the
shade of an aged vine, and represents one of those circumstances
which would necessarily occur at almost every celebration of Bac-
chic orgies, and such as are seen in many sculptures representing
Bacchic ceremonies and processions. Upon the cover of another
sarcophagus1 a drunken Pan appears carried off by two Bacchantes,
and in front of the same monument is a Pan with his hands
bound behind him, led away by two infant figures, who are, as
on the monument here described, one with, the other without
1 Millin, Galerie Mythologique pi. lxiv. no. 243.