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of the ancients. We find in Tassie's Catalogue seventy-eight gems which
represent this subject; yet this list is not complete. This family of engraved
stones are remarkable, both for the beauty of the stones and the emulation
which the artists felt in engraving them.
As a specimen how he conceives gems may be usefully classed so as to
perpetuate some historical event, by its gradual developement, he arranges
these stones under five classes.
The first class exhibits Diomed in the interior of the temple, before he has
seized the.Palladium. Here he discovers five stones.
The second exhibits Diomed at the instant when he is carrying off the
Palladium, and contains six stones.
The third includes those in which Diomed, having seized the Palladium, is
yet in the interior of the temple. This class is the most important, both for
the number and the perfection of the art. Mr. Levezow here marks two di-
visions : Diomed alone—and Diomed accompanied by Ulysses. To the
first division belongs the beautiful gem the reader has before him.
The fourth class exhibits Diomed at the instant of departing from the
temple, carrying off the Palladium.
The fifth shews Diomed and Ulysses proceeding on their return to the
camp.
We have laid before our readers the result of the analysis of this ingenious
dissertation, because we consider it as useful, while such an arrangement is
undoubtedly entertaining. It is a classification, which gives, the collector a
new kind of pleasure, that of a narrative. There are many historical and fa-
bulous events, which may be pursued in a similar manner, and a series of
gems thus arranged, although each of them may not possess equal beauty,
becomes a little volume, where every part will impress itself on the mind by
the most powerful of all languages—the language of picture.
of the ancients. We find in Tassie's Catalogue seventy-eight gems which
represent this subject; yet this list is not complete. This family of engraved
stones are remarkable, both for the beauty of the stones and the emulation
which the artists felt in engraving them.
As a specimen how he conceives gems may be usefully classed so as to
perpetuate some historical event, by its gradual developement, he arranges
these stones under five classes.
The first class exhibits Diomed in the interior of the temple, before he has
seized the.Palladium. Here he discovers five stones.
The second exhibits Diomed at the instant when he is carrying off the
Palladium, and contains six stones.
The third includes those in which Diomed, having seized the Palladium, is
yet in the interior of the temple. This class is the most important, both for
the number and the perfection of the art. Mr. Levezow here marks two di-
visions : Diomed alone—and Diomed accompanied by Ulysses. To the
first division belongs the beautiful gem the reader has before him.
The fourth class exhibits Diomed at the instant of departing from the
temple, carrying off the Palladium.
The fifth shews Diomed and Ulysses proceeding on their return to the
camp.
We have laid before our readers the result of the analysis of this ingenious
dissertation, because we consider it as useful, while such an arrangement is
undoubtedly entertaining. It is a classification, which gives, the collector a
new kind of pleasure, that of a narrative. There are many historical and fa-
bulous events, which may be pursued in a similar manner, and a series of
gems thus arranged, although each of them may not possess equal beauty,
becomes a little volume, where every part will impress itself on the mind by
the most powerful of all languages—the language of picture.