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Virbius as Dianus
couples soon joined in—Hermes with Hestia1, Priapos with a
Maenad2, Pan with a Maenad3, a boy-Pan with a girl-Pan4, a Satyr
with a Maenad5, Triton with Libye8, and doubtless many more, in-
cluding even such ungainly partners as Apis with Isis (fig. 300)7.
(v) Virbius as Dianus.
Perhaps the most interesting of all the differentiated types is
that represented in primis by a double herm found during the exca-
vations of 1885 at Nemi8 and now forming part of a private English
collection (pi. xxii, 1—3)°, in secundis by a very similar herm
Cambridge 1882 p. 258 ff. Cambridge nos. 51 and 59, p. 368 Ince Blundell Hall no. 160,
p. 439 Lansdowne House nos. 7, 8, p. 608 Petworth House no. 22, p. 633 Richmond
no. 48, p. 649 f. Rossie Priory nos. 11 and 18, Amelung Sculpt. Vatic, i. 469 no. 239 B
pi. 47, A. Mau Pompeii: its life and art trans. F. W. Kelsey New York 1902 pp. 326,
448 fig. 257, Burlington Fine Arts Club: Exhibition of Ancient Greek Art London 1904
p. 34 f. no. 57 pi. 26.
1 Frohner Sculpt, du Louvre i. 220 nos. 198 and 199 (? really Dionysos and Ariadne).
- Ant. Skulpt. Berlin p. 108 no. 249 fig.
3 Ant. Skulpt. Berlin p. 105 no. 242 fig.
4 R. Gargiulo Collection of the most remarkable monuments of the National Museum
Naples 1873 ii pi. 24.
5 Id. ib. ii pi. 25.
6 Ant. Skulpt. Berlin p. 89!. no. 207 fig.
7 P. Gusman La villa imperiale de Tibur [villa Hadriana) Paris 1904 p. 313 fig. 579
( = my fig. 300) an Egyptising herm of black marble in the Egyptian Museum of the
Vatican.
s The site was excavated in 1885—1886 by Sir John Savile Lumley, now Lord Savile,
then English ambassador at Rome. See Frazer Golden Bough* : The Magic Art i. 3 n. 2 for
bibliography. The herm was discovered in a porticus adjoining the temple of Diana. Plan
of the temple by R. F. Pullan in Archaeologia 1887 1. 1. 58 ff. pi. 7; plan of the precinct
by A. Langenhau in O. Rossbach ' Das Dianaheiligtum in Nemi' in the Verli. d. 40. Philo-
logenversamml. in Gbrlitz 1889 p. 152 (both reproduced by L. Morpurgo ' Nemus Ari-
cinum' in the Mon. d. Line. 1903 xiii. 303 ff. figs. 1 and 2 ; the latter only, by G. H. Wallis
Illust7-ated Catalogue of Classical Antiquities from the site of the Temple of Diana, Nemi,
Italy Nottingham 1893 p. xxii f.).
!l G. Fiorelli in the Not. Scavi 1885 p. 479, W. Helbig ' Scavi di Nemi' in the Bull,
d. Inst. 1885 p. 227 f., id. in the Rom. Mitth. 1886 i. 60 f., id. Guide Class. Ant. Rome
i. 33 c, id. Fiihrer durch die bffentlichen Sammlungcn klassischer Alto•turner in Rom*
Leipzig 1912 i. 439, O. Rossbach loc. cit. p. 159, G. H. Wallis op. cit. p. 32 f. no. 611
with pi. (two photographs from a cast of the double bust), A. B. Cook in the Class. Rev.
1902 xvi. 373, id. in Folk-Lore 1905 xvi. 289 ff., L. Morpurgo 'Nemus Aricinum' in the
Mon. d. Line. 1903 xiii. 323, 350, ead. ' La rappresentazione figurata di Virbio' in Ausonia
1909 iv. 109—127 with figs. 1—6 and pis. 5, A—c and 6, A—C (three photographs from
the original herm = my pi. xxii, 1—3), F. Granger 'A portrait of the Rex Nemorensis'
in the Class. Rev. 1907 xxi. 194—197 with two figs., id. 'The leafy bust at Nemi' ib.
1908 xxii. 217, Sir J. G. Frazer 'The leafy bust at Nemi' ib. 1908 xxii. 147—149, id.
Golden Bough*: The Magic Art i. 41 f., Stuart Jones Cat. Sculpt. Mus. Capit. Rome
p. 150 f. Height of bust o"25m; breadth o-i92m. Height of shaft i'35m; breadth o-20m.
The shaft, found close to the bust, is also of marble (bardiglio) and bears the inscription
SACR • DIAN in reddened lettering.
Virbius as Dianus
couples soon joined in—Hermes with Hestia1, Priapos with a
Maenad2, Pan with a Maenad3, a boy-Pan with a girl-Pan4, a Satyr
with a Maenad5, Triton with Libye8, and doubtless many more, in-
cluding even such ungainly partners as Apis with Isis (fig. 300)7.
(v) Virbius as Dianus.
Perhaps the most interesting of all the differentiated types is
that represented in primis by a double herm found during the exca-
vations of 1885 at Nemi8 and now forming part of a private English
collection (pi. xxii, 1—3)°, in secundis by a very similar herm
Cambridge 1882 p. 258 ff. Cambridge nos. 51 and 59, p. 368 Ince Blundell Hall no. 160,
p. 439 Lansdowne House nos. 7, 8, p. 608 Petworth House no. 22, p. 633 Richmond
no. 48, p. 649 f. Rossie Priory nos. 11 and 18, Amelung Sculpt. Vatic, i. 469 no. 239 B
pi. 47, A. Mau Pompeii: its life and art trans. F. W. Kelsey New York 1902 pp. 326,
448 fig. 257, Burlington Fine Arts Club: Exhibition of Ancient Greek Art London 1904
p. 34 f. no. 57 pi. 26.
1 Frohner Sculpt, du Louvre i. 220 nos. 198 and 199 (? really Dionysos and Ariadne).
- Ant. Skulpt. Berlin p. 108 no. 249 fig.
3 Ant. Skulpt. Berlin p. 105 no. 242 fig.
4 R. Gargiulo Collection of the most remarkable monuments of the National Museum
Naples 1873 ii pi. 24.
5 Id. ib. ii pi. 25.
6 Ant. Skulpt. Berlin p. 89!. no. 207 fig.
7 P. Gusman La villa imperiale de Tibur [villa Hadriana) Paris 1904 p. 313 fig. 579
( = my fig. 300) an Egyptising herm of black marble in the Egyptian Museum of the
Vatican.
s The site was excavated in 1885—1886 by Sir John Savile Lumley, now Lord Savile,
then English ambassador at Rome. See Frazer Golden Bough* : The Magic Art i. 3 n. 2 for
bibliography. The herm was discovered in a porticus adjoining the temple of Diana. Plan
of the temple by R. F. Pullan in Archaeologia 1887 1. 1. 58 ff. pi. 7; plan of the precinct
by A. Langenhau in O. Rossbach ' Das Dianaheiligtum in Nemi' in the Verli. d. 40. Philo-
logenversamml. in Gbrlitz 1889 p. 152 (both reproduced by L. Morpurgo ' Nemus Ari-
cinum' in the Mon. d. Line. 1903 xiii. 303 ff. figs. 1 and 2 ; the latter only, by G. H. Wallis
Illust7-ated Catalogue of Classical Antiquities from the site of the Temple of Diana, Nemi,
Italy Nottingham 1893 p. xxii f.).
!l G. Fiorelli in the Not. Scavi 1885 p. 479, W. Helbig ' Scavi di Nemi' in the Bull,
d. Inst. 1885 p. 227 f., id. in the Rom. Mitth. 1886 i. 60 f., id. Guide Class. Ant. Rome
i. 33 c, id. Fiihrer durch die bffentlichen Sammlungcn klassischer Alto•turner in Rom*
Leipzig 1912 i. 439, O. Rossbach loc. cit. p. 159, G. H. Wallis op. cit. p. 32 f. no. 611
with pi. (two photographs from a cast of the double bust), A. B. Cook in the Class. Rev.
1902 xvi. 373, id. in Folk-Lore 1905 xvi. 289 ff., L. Morpurgo 'Nemus Aricinum' in the
Mon. d. Line. 1903 xiii. 323, 350, ead. ' La rappresentazione figurata di Virbio' in Ausonia
1909 iv. 109—127 with figs. 1—6 and pis. 5, A—c and 6, A—C (three photographs from
the original herm = my pi. xxii, 1—3), F. Granger 'A portrait of the Rex Nemorensis'
in the Class. Rev. 1907 xxi. 194—197 with two figs., id. 'The leafy bust at Nemi' ib.
1908 xxii. 217, Sir J. G. Frazer 'The leafy bust at Nemi' ib. 1908 xxii. 147—149, id.
Golden Bough*: The Magic Art i. 41 f., Stuart Jones Cat. Sculpt. Mus. Capit. Rome
p. 150 f. Height of bust o"25m; breadth o-i92m. Height of shaft i'35m; breadth o-20m.
The shaft, found close to the bust, is also of marble (bardiglio) and bears the inscription
SACR • DIAN in reddened lettering.