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520 ROME. [chap. lix.
halo round her head to increase the resemblance.—From
Vulci.1 These relieved mirrors are of great rarity.
" Chalchas," so called in Etruscan characters, is stand-
ing at an altar, inspecting the entrails of the victim.
—Vulci.2
"Tinia," the Etruscan Jove, grasping two sorts of
thunderbolts, is embraced by "Thethis" (Thetis), and
" Thesak " (Aurora), both winged, as usual with Etruscan
divinities, each beseeching him in favour of her son in the
coming combat. " Menrva" (Minerva) stands by, and
appears to remind him that Memnon is doomed by fate.
In a bad and careless style of art.3
" Pele " (Peleus) and " Atlnta " (Atalanta), in the
wrestling-match. He is naked, but she has a cloth round
her loins ; in better style than the last,—Vulci*
Hercules, here called "Calanice," from his "glorious
victory," holds the apples he has just taken from " Aril "
(Atlas), who bears the celestial globe on his shoulders.
In still better style.—Vulci.5
"Nethuns" (Neptune), "Usil" (Phoebus), and "Thesan"
(Aurora). In a good style of art. This mirror is very
bright, and might still almost serve its original purpose.
—Vulci or Toscanella.6
" Turms Aitas," or the infernal Mercury, supporting a
1 This is usually styled Aurora and the chariot-race. Mus. Gregor. I. tav.
Cephalus, but Dr. Braun with more XXXV. 1 ; Gerhard, Etrusk. Spieg. taf.
probability takes the corpse for that of CCXXIV.
Memnon. Mon. Ined. Inst. III. tay. 5 Etrusk. Spieg. taf. CXXXVII ;
XXIII; Mus. Gregor. I. tar. XXXVI. 1; Mus. Gregor. I. tav. XXXVI. 2.
Abeken, Mittelitalien, taf. VII. 6 It has been doubted if the name of
2 Gerhard, Etrusk. Spieg. taf. Neptune be " Nethuns " or " Sethlns."
CCXXIII;Mus.Gregor.I.tav.XXIX.l. Sethlans is the Etruscan name of
3 The scene is curious, but the art, as Vulcan ; but the figure on this mirror
in many of these mirrors, is bad. Mus. with a trident must be the god of the
Gregor. I. tay. XXXI. 1. sea. Etrusk. Spieg. taf. LXXVI; Mon.
4 Her cloth is marked with a wheel, Ined. Inst. II. tav. LX; Mus. Gregor. I.
supposed to be the sign of victory in tav. XXIV.
halo round her head to increase the resemblance.—From
Vulci.1 These relieved mirrors are of great rarity.
" Chalchas," so called in Etruscan characters, is stand-
ing at an altar, inspecting the entrails of the victim.
—Vulci.2
"Tinia," the Etruscan Jove, grasping two sorts of
thunderbolts, is embraced by "Thethis" (Thetis), and
" Thesak " (Aurora), both winged, as usual with Etruscan
divinities, each beseeching him in favour of her son in the
coming combat. " Menrva" (Minerva) stands by, and
appears to remind him that Memnon is doomed by fate.
In a bad and careless style of art.3
" Pele " (Peleus) and " Atlnta " (Atalanta), in the
wrestling-match. He is naked, but she has a cloth round
her loins ; in better style than the last,—Vulci*
Hercules, here called "Calanice," from his "glorious
victory," holds the apples he has just taken from " Aril "
(Atlas), who bears the celestial globe on his shoulders.
In still better style.—Vulci.5
"Nethuns" (Neptune), "Usil" (Phoebus), and "Thesan"
(Aurora). In a good style of art. This mirror is very
bright, and might still almost serve its original purpose.
—Vulci or Toscanella.6
" Turms Aitas," or the infernal Mercury, supporting a
1 This is usually styled Aurora and the chariot-race. Mus. Gregor. I. tav.
Cephalus, but Dr. Braun with more XXXV. 1 ; Gerhard, Etrusk. Spieg. taf.
probability takes the corpse for that of CCXXIV.
Memnon. Mon. Ined. Inst. III. tay. 5 Etrusk. Spieg. taf. CXXXVII ;
XXIII; Mus. Gregor. I. tar. XXXVI. 1; Mus. Gregor. I. tav. XXXVI. 2.
Abeken, Mittelitalien, taf. VII. 6 It has been doubted if the name of
2 Gerhard, Etrusk. Spieg. taf. Neptune be " Nethuns " or " Sethlns."
CCXXIII;Mus.Gregor.I.tav.XXIX.l. Sethlans is the Etruscan name of
3 The scene is curious, but the art, as Vulcan ; but the figure on this mirror
in many of these mirrors, is bad. Mus. with a trident must be the god of the
Gregor. I. tay. XXXI. 1. sea. Etrusk. Spieg. taf. LXXVI; Mon.
4 Her cloth is marked with a wheel, Ined. Inst. II. tav. LX; Mus. Gregor. I.
supposed to be the sign of victory in tav. XXIV.