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sence of the queen, his wife. The Priestesses seem to be pe-
netrated by the King's discourse, and to be making pro-
testations of being ready to confirm the whole by oath :
This was the form of the oath, as handed down to us by
Demosihenes in the pleadings against Neere .
lam irreproachable, chaste, and pure from all pol-
„ lution, I have had no commerce with man; I will ce-
„ lebrate the Divine Birth, and the my steries of Bacchus,
„ according to the ancient customs , and in the prescri-
„ bed seasons.
This vafe was found at Aqua Pendente in the Ro-
man state , and is of the most ancient sort •, the figures
black on a yellow ground , and of the stile of drawing
such as is generally attributed to the Etruscan School, but
is, lam convinced, equally Greek, though of a much more
remote antiquity than the vases which have the figures
yellow on a black ground. The motions of the sigures on
these sort of vases are always exprelsive, and the drawing
executed with great freedom, but the hands of the black
figures, as in this plate, are usually like a pair os pinchers,
which feems to be for some particular purpose, as the draw-
ing of the other parts, are often tolerably correst.
Plate 31.) Jupiter being enamoured with Semele, w ho
was very beautiful , made her frequent visits. Juno becom-
ing jealous of her, and desirous of being revenged of her
Rival , assumed the form of one of the confidants of this
young Princess . She persuaded her that it would be glo- >
rious for her, that Jupiter should visit her with the same
pomp and majesty that accompanied him when he went
to Juno . Semele letting her self be seduced by this insi-
dious counsel, required of Jupiter a favor, which was to
be her ruin. This God presentig himself to her armed with
his
sence of the queen, his wife. The Priestesses seem to be pe-
netrated by the King's discourse, and to be making pro-
testations of being ready to confirm the whole by oath :
This was the form of the oath, as handed down to us by
Demosihenes in the pleadings against Neere .
lam irreproachable, chaste, and pure from all pol-
„ lution, I have had no commerce with man; I will ce-
„ lebrate the Divine Birth, and the my steries of Bacchus,
„ according to the ancient customs , and in the prescri-
„ bed seasons.
This vafe was found at Aqua Pendente in the Ro-
man state , and is of the most ancient sort •, the figures
black on a yellow ground , and of the stile of drawing
such as is generally attributed to the Etruscan School, but
is, lam convinced, equally Greek, though of a much more
remote antiquity than the vases which have the figures
yellow on a black ground. The motions of the sigures on
these sort of vases are always exprelsive, and the drawing
executed with great freedom, but the hands of the black
figures, as in this plate, are usually like a pair os pinchers,
which feems to be for some particular purpose, as the draw-
ing of the other parts, are often tolerably correst.
Plate 31.) Jupiter being enamoured with Semele, w ho
was very beautiful , made her frequent visits. Juno becom-
ing jealous of her, and desirous of being revenged of her
Rival , assumed the form of one of the confidants of this
young Princess . She persuaded her that it would be glo- >
rious for her, that Jupiter should visit her with the same
pomp and majesty that accompanied him when he went
to Juno . Semele letting her self be seduced by this insi-
dious counsel, required of Jupiter a favor, which was to
be her ruin. This God presentig himself to her armed with
his