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Falkener, Edward
Ephesus and the temple of Diana — London, 1862

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162 MODERN EPHESUS.

vations at Ephesus. It is an entirely unexplored
mine of antiquity, and I think it would even prove
a lucrative undertaking, by the immense number of
statues and medals which one would be sure to
find."1 What gems, what statues, what bas-reliefs
might be discovered in a city where a Parrhasius, an
Apelles, and a Zeuxis, where a Praxiteles, and a
Scopas, besides a host of other artists, once flou-
rished ; and to the adornment of which we know
that even a Phidias contributed.

The following notice of a superb cameo found at
Ephesus in 1790, formerly in the possession of the
Cav. K. Zulian, but now in St. Mark's Library at
Venice, will best exemplify the truth of this
observation. It is formed of an Arabian sardonyx
2-f inches diameter, and has been illustrated by
Yisconti.3 It represents Jupiter JEgiochus, and is
remarkable in the highest degree for majesty and
sublimity of effect, though bearing no resemblance
to the Jupiters of Phidias or Euphranor. Its ex-
ecution exhibits a wonderful relief, and striking
contrast of plain and enriched masses.

The title of iEgiochus, says Visconti, is derived
from the Alyfia, or mantle, so called from resem-

1 Comte Jaubert, Lettrcs d'Orient, in vol. xxix. of series iv. of
the Revue des Deux Mo)ides.

3 E. Q. Visconti, Osservazioni sopra un Ant. Cummeo rappres.
Glove Egioco.
 
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