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his cruel disorder . The Oracle answered, that Hercules
should be carried up to Mount oeta, that a great Funeral
pile should be prepared there , and , that Jupiter would
take care of the rest. Jolaus Signisied these orders to Hercu-
les , which were obeyed, and retired to some distance to
obferve,what should happen. Hercules went upon the Fu-
neral pile, and in a moment a Clap of Thunder set the
whole on fire {a) . This plate represents the sequel of the
Gory . Hercules on a cloud passing to the habitation of
the Gods; Mercury on an other cloud performing his
funstion of Condustor. Hebe sent by Juno to notify her
being reconciled to him, and to present him with ne6tar
to render him immortal lastly Jolaus is represented as a
spe&ator of the Apotheosis.
At Sparta this Apotheosis was represented differently,
it was Minerva, and not Mercury , that conduced Her-
cules {b), Pliny {c) speaking of the famous Painter Artemon
says, that one of the most excellent of his Pi&ures was
that which represented Herculem ab Oeta mo7ite Derides
exuta fflortalitate, confensu JDeorum in C&lum euntem.
This Vase was found near ancient Capua.
Plate 23.) After the Battle (of which Homer speaks in
the VIII. Book of the Iliad ) that had nearly proved fatal
to the Greeks, night came on, ssopped the arm os war-
like Heftor, and saved their ships. The Trojans retired
to a place that was neither soiled with blood, nor covered
with the dead, where they waited for the break of day.
Agamemnon cruelly agitated , palsed the whole night
without sleep, rose before it was day, called a Council of
war composed of the Principal officers of his army, where
it was resolved to send Spies to reconnoitre the Camp of
the
(a) Diodor. L.IV. and Apollod. L.II. p.ibl. Ed. (b) See Pauf. p. 2jj-
Hcyne. (c) L. XXXVL Chap. XL
his cruel disorder . The Oracle answered, that Hercules
should be carried up to Mount oeta, that a great Funeral
pile should be prepared there , and , that Jupiter would
take care of the rest. Jolaus Signisied these orders to Hercu-
les , which were obeyed, and retired to some distance to
obferve,what should happen. Hercules went upon the Fu-
neral pile, and in a moment a Clap of Thunder set the
whole on fire {a) . This plate represents the sequel of the
Gory . Hercules on a cloud passing to the habitation of
the Gods; Mercury on an other cloud performing his
funstion of Condustor. Hebe sent by Juno to notify her
being reconciled to him, and to present him with ne6tar
to render him immortal lastly Jolaus is represented as a
spe&ator of the Apotheosis.
At Sparta this Apotheosis was represented differently,
it was Minerva, and not Mercury , that conduced Her-
cules {b), Pliny {c) speaking of the famous Painter Artemon
says, that one of the most excellent of his Pi&ures was
that which represented Herculem ab Oeta mo7ite Derides
exuta fflortalitate, confensu JDeorum in C&lum euntem.
This Vase was found near ancient Capua.
Plate 23.) After the Battle (of which Homer speaks in
the VIII. Book of the Iliad ) that had nearly proved fatal
to the Greeks, night came on, ssopped the arm os war-
like Heftor, and saved their ships. The Trojans retired
to a place that was neither soiled with blood, nor covered
with the dead, where they waited for the break of day.
Agamemnon cruelly agitated , palsed the whole night
without sleep, rose before it was day, called a Council of
war composed of the Principal officers of his army, where
it was resolved to send Spies to reconnoitre the Camp of
the
(a) Diodor. L.IV. and Apollod. L.II. p.ibl. Ed. (b) See Pauf. p. 2jj-
Hcyne. (c) L. XXXVL Chap. XL