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84 POMPEIANA.
which hang round his loins. On the other
side, the lynx is seen pulling, with the play-
fulness of a dog, the long purple pallium
which hangs from the arm of his master.
On entering into the recess which con-
nects this peristyle, N, with that of the
other court, I, the figure of Saturn given in
Plate LXXIV. is observed at the point
marked 13. He has been selected because,
though not graceful, the figures of Saturn are
rare, and ancient authority for his appear-
ance is valuable. Virgil says—
" Vitisator curvam servans sub imagine falcem
Saturnusque senex."
A modern author, Albrigi, de Deorum
Imagines, describes this picture as accurately
as if he had seen it. " Saturnus pingebatur
ut homo senex prolixa barba, tecto capite,
qui una manu scilicet dextra falcem tenebat."
The picture marked 12 is that of an
Apollo of very great elegance. An idea of
it is given in the compartment on the right
side of Plate LXXII., as a companion to a
graceful female with a tripod on the left.
At the spot marked 14 in the Plan is an
which hang round his loins. On the other
side, the lynx is seen pulling, with the play-
fulness of a dog, the long purple pallium
which hangs from the arm of his master.
On entering into the recess which con-
nects this peristyle, N, with that of the
other court, I, the figure of Saturn given in
Plate LXXIV. is observed at the point
marked 13. He has been selected because,
though not graceful, the figures of Saturn are
rare, and ancient authority for his appear-
ance is valuable. Virgil says—
" Vitisator curvam servans sub imagine falcem
Saturnusque senex."
A modern author, Albrigi, de Deorum
Imagines, describes this picture as accurately
as if he had seen it. " Saturnus pingebatur
ut homo senex prolixa barba, tecto capite,
qui una manu scilicet dextra falcem tenebat."
The picture marked 12 is that of an
Apollo of very great elegance. An idea of
it is given in the compartment on the right
side of Plate LXXII., as a companion to a
graceful female with a tripod on the left.
At the spot marked 14 in the Plan is an