Hamilton, William; Kirk, Thomas: Outlines from the figures and compositions upon the Greek, Roman and Etruscan vases of the late Sir William Hamilton: with engraved borders (London, 1814)

formerly in the possession of Mastrillo, and are
now in the British Museum.

PLATE XIV.

The subject of this design is supposed to be
Ariadne. She has a ferula in her hand, as a
symbol of Bacchus. This princess is remarkable
for her hair, for which reason Homer gave her the
epithet of " the beautiful-haired Ariadne." Ara-
tus says, that the diadem, which she wore, was
put among the number of the stars. This is pro-
bably the reason of the figure of a star placed
near the female genius of Ariadne. This genius
holds a patera filled with the grain of the sesa-
ttium; and we may also observe some of the
same upon the column, as symbolical of the wife
of Bacchus, of whom also there is another co-
lumn as a symbol, upon which a female figure is
leaning. The circle, drawn in the centre of the
instrument this figure holds in her hand, evidently
shews, that it is not a mirror, although it has
otherwise so much the appearance of one.

PLATE XV.

This Plate seems to represent a female, about
to make an offering of an animal, which resem-
bles a rabbit or hare, to a column, as a symbol of