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; (6o)
ceived the message in the Country, set out immediately,
and r rding the River Anaurus, lost one of his sandals, and
came in that condition to Pelias, who then called to mind
the Oracle, and knew him to be the man against whom
he was to be on his guard
Pelias went to meet Jason , and taking him by the
hand, asked him, what he would do to a man whom he
should have in his power, and of whom the Oracle had
foretold should one day kill him. It is known, that Jason
ansWerd, that he would send him in search of the golden-
fleece, and, that Pelias charged Jason with that expedi-
tion . The line above his ankle marks the sandal on the
left foot, that of the right having been lost in the river.
Plate 6. ) Sinis the famous Robber of Antiquity had
established himself in the Isthmus near Corinth , He obli-
ged travellers to fight with him , and all those whom he
conquered, he tied to the branches of to Pine-trees,
w hich he bent down , and then letting them loose , thy
were torn limb from limb.
This Plate represents Theseus, who being jealous of
the glory of Hercules, and desirous of imitating him, be-
gan his carreer by clearing the High roads between Trae-
zen, and Athens of all the monsters with which they
were infested. His second exploit was the making Sinis
suffer the same death that he used to inssi6t on others.
There is a Vase with the same subje6t in the Vatican at
Rome, but with an additional figure. It is published, and
explaind by the Abbe Winckelman in his Monumenti
inediti •
Plate 7.) Pelias during the voyage of Jason to Colchi-
da, was the cause of the death of the father, the mother,
and
(a) See Tiiblios. of Apollodoms Heynes edit. /?. 53. J4. and .55,
; (6o)
ceived the message in the Country, set out immediately,
and r rding the River Anaurus, lost one of his sandals, and
came in that condition to Pelias, who then called to mind
the Oracle, and knew him to be the man against whom
he was to be on his guard
Pelias went to meet Jason , and taking him by the
hand, asked him, what he would do to a man whom he
should have in his power, and of whom the Oracle had
foretold should one day kill him. It is known, that Jason
ansWerd, that he would send him in search of the golden-
fleece, and, that Pelias charged Jason with that expedi-
tion . The line above his ankle marks the sandal on the
left foot, that of the right having been lost in the river.
Plate 6. ) Sinis the famous Robber of Antiquity had
established himself in the Isthmus near Corinth , He obli-
ged travellers to fight with him , and all those whom he
conquered, he tied to the branches of to Pine-trees,
w hich he bent down , and then letting them loose , thy
were torn limb from limb.
This Plate represents Theseus, who being jealous of
the glory of Hercules, and desirous of imitating him, be-
gan his carreer by clearing the High roads between Trae-
zen, and Athens of all the monsters with which they
were infested. His second exploit was the making Sinis
suffer the same death that he used to inssi6t on others.
There is a Vase with the same subje6t in the Vatican at
Rome, but with an additional figure. It is published, and
explaind by the Abbe Winckelman in his Monumenti
inediti •
Plate 7.) Pelias during the voyage of Jason to Colchi-
da, was the cause of the death of the father, the mother,
and
(a) See Tiiblios. of Apollodoms Heynes edit. /?. 53. J4. and .55,