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VENUS, VULCAN, AND THE LOVES,
we can justly appreciate the talent of this distinguished
artist.
Vulcan, the son of Juno, was born with a disgusting
figure. His mother, ashamed of having given him being,
precipitated him (says Homer) to the bottom of the
ocean, that he might remain eternally concealed in the
abyss. Thetis and Eurynome had compassion on him,
and preserved his existence. He remained for some years
in a profound caye, occupied in making bracelets for their
arms, and ornaments for their hair. At last he was sum-
moned to heaven, and became the husband of Venus. He
built himself, in Olympus, a temple of brass, decorated
with brilliant stars. It was there that this god, whose
size was prodigious, covered with filth and perspiration,
by ashes and smoke, blowing incessantly the bellows of
his forge, carried into effect those ingenious ideas with
which he was inspired.
These pictures are altogether allegorical. Vulcan, who
perhaps was really lame, is the original author of works
in iron, tin, silver, and gold. He discovered and taught
the art of rendering these substances fusible for general
use. This prince, ;t is said, having been disgraced, re-
turned to the island of Lemnos, where he erected his
forge. This particular explains the fable of Vulcan being
cast from heaven upon earth. Poets have placed the usual
dwelling of this god in Vulcania, one of the Eolian Islands,
surrounded with rocks, whose summits vomit clouds of
fire and suioke. It is to this day called volcano, a name
that is applicable to all mountains by which fire h
emitted.
we can justly appreciate the talent of this distinguished
artist.
Vulcan, the son of Juno, was born with a disgusting
figure. His mother, ashamed of having given him being,
precipitated him (says Homer) to the bottom of the
ocean, that he might remain eternally concealed in the
abyss. Thetis and Eurynome had compassion on him,
and preserved his existence. He remained for some years
in a profound caye, occupied in making bracelets for their
arms, and ornaments for their hair. At last he was sum-
moned to heaven, and became the husband of Venus. He
built himself, in Olympus, a temple of brass, decorated
with brilliant stars. It was there that this god, whose
size was prodigious, covered with filth and perspiration,
by ashes and smoke, blowing incessantly the bellows of
his forge, carried into effect those ingenious ideas with
which he was inspired.
These pictures are altogether allegorical. Vulcan, who
perhaps was really lame, is the original author of works
in iron, tin, silver, and gold. He discovered and taught
the art of rendering these substances fusible for general
use. This prince, ;t is said, having been disgraced, re-
turned to the island of Lemnos, where he erected his
forge. This particular explains the fable of Vulcan being
cast from heaven upon earth. Poets have placed the usual
dwelling of this god in Vulcania, one of the Eolian Islands,
surrounded with rocks, whose summits vomit clouds of
fire and suioke. It is to this day called volcano, a name
that is applicable to all mountains by which fire h
emitted.