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took place at Alexandria, and spread itself gradually over the
world. The statues of this Isis are of a composition and form
quite different from those of the ancient /Egyptian goddess ; and
all that we have seen are of Greek or Roman sculpture. The
original /Egyptian figure of Isis is merely the animal symbol
of the cow humanised, with the addition of the serpent, disc, or
some other accessary emblem : but the Greek and Roman figures
of her are infinitely varied, to signify by various symbols the various
attributes of universal Nature.' In this character she is con-
founded with the personifications of Fortune and Victory, which
are in reality no other than those of Providence, and therefore
occasionally decked with all the attributes of universal Power.2,
The figures of Victory have frequently the antenna or sail-yard of a
ship in one hand, and the chaplet or crown of immortality in the
other;3 and those of Fortune, the rudder of a ship in one hand, and
the cornucopias in the other, with themodius or polos on her head;4
which ornaments Bupalus of Chios is said to have first given her
in a statue made for the Smyrnjeans about the sixtieth Olympiad ;s
but both have occasionally Isiac and other symbols.6
1 See plate Ixx. of vol. 1. The ^Egyptian figures with the horns of the
cow, wrought under the Roman empire, are common in all collections of
bmall bronzes.
2 'Airavra 5° baa voovfiev, rr/ovv irparroiiev,
Tuxo Vm*, 71/J.eis fi1 ecr/ief eiriytypap.fxevoi.
Tuxv Kvfiepvq. iravja' tovt-^v teat (ppwas
Act, Kai irpovoio.il, tt)V 6eov, KaKeiv fiovriv,
Et fi-rj Tts aWois ovoflavin xalP€t Kevois.
Mcnandr. in Supp. Fragm. 1.
"Eyoi fxw ovii UtvBapov to. Te a\Aa TTeiOo/xai 1-77 oiStz, kui Wloipaiv tc eivai fiiav Tt\v
TvXVt Kat vw*P Tas "SeAifar T1 io~xmlv- Pausan. in Achaic. c. xxvi. s. 3.
3 See medals, in gold, of Alexander the Great, &c.
+ Bronzi d'Ercolano. tom. ii. tav. xxviii.
s ITowtos fie, wv oifia, c-Konjo'aro ei> Tois tiretfiv 'O/x^pos Tvxys fivr]^yjv' tiron}Go,To fie ev
vp.vcprip es t7)x A-rmnrpa. (Vide v. 417. et seq.)--nai Tuxyv &s niceavov Kai touttji/
iraitia ovaav (i, e. Nv[up7]v riKeavirida.)-Trepa fie tb'riKuo'ev oaSey en, ws tj 0eos wtiv
avTT] fieynrrri Beuv ei* tois avdpbnrivots irpayfiaai, Kai io~xw Trapex^i ttK*io-t7}V.-Bou-
iraMs Se— Sfivpvaiovs evyaAiita epya£operas Tvxw vparos cKOiticrcv, aiv lujitv, ivo\ov re
txowrav eiri tjj K«pa\ri, izai tti eTepa X*'P' T0 KaAov/xevov AjuaXflems Kepas vwo 'EAArj-
vav.-j/cre fie Kai oarepov UtvSapos ak\a Te es tt)v T^xi", Kai 5>) Kai ■I>epe7ro?u>' oh-
Kaketrev avrrjv. Pausan. in Mc-ssen. c. xxx. s. 3 et 4. Pindar, in Fragm.
Bronzi d'Ercolano. torn. ii. tav. xxvi. Medals of Leucadia.
took place at Alexandria, and spread itself gradually over the
world. The statues of this Isis are of a composition and form
quite different from those of the ancient /Egyptian goddess ; and
all that we have seen are of Greek or Roman sculpture. The
original /Egyptian figure of Isis is merely the animal symbol
of the cow humanised, with the addition of the serpent, disc, or
some other accessary emblem : but the Greek and Roman figures
of her are infinitely varied, to signify by various symbols the various
attributes of universal Nature.' In this character she is con-
founded with the personifications of Fortune and Victory, which
are in reality no other than those of Providence, and therefore
occasionally decked with all the attributes of universal Power.2,
The figures of Victory have frequently the antenna or sail-yard of a
ship in one hand, and the chaplet or crown of immortality in the
other;3 and those of Fortune, the rudder of a ship in one hand, and
the cornucopias in the other, with themodius or polos on her head;4
which ornaments Bupalus of Chios is said to have first given her
in a statue made for the Smyrnjeans about the sixtieth Olympiad ;s
but both have occasionally Isiac and other symbols.6
1 See plate Ixx. of vol. 1. The ^Egyptian figures with the horns of the
cow, wrought under the Roman empire, are common in all collections of
bmall bronzes.
2 'Airavra 5° baa voovfiev, rr/ovv irparroiiev,
Tuxo Vm*, 71/J.eis fi1 ecr/ief eiriytypap.fxevoi.
Tuxv Kvfiepvq. iravja' tovt-^v teat (ppwas
Act, Kai irpovoio.il, tt)V 6eov, KaKeiv fiovriv,
Et fi-rj Tts aWois ovoflavin xalP€t Kevois.
Mcnandr. in Supp. Fragm. 1.
"Eyoi fxw ovii UtvBapov to. Te a\Aa TTeiOo/xai 1-77 oiStz, kui Wloipaiv tc eivai fiiav Tt\v
TvXVt Kat vw*P Tas "SeAifar T1 io~xmlv- Pausan. in Achaic. c. xxvi. s. 3.
3 See medals, in gold, of Alexander the Great, &c.
+ Bronzi d'Ercolano. tom. ii. tav. xxviii.
s ITowtos fie, wv oifia, c-Konjo'aro ei> Tois tiretfiv 'O/x^pos Tvxys fivr]^yjv' tiron}Go,To fie ev
vp.vcprip es t7)x A-rmnrpa. (Vide v. 417. et seq.)--nai Tuxyv &s niceavov Kai touttji/
iraitia ovaav (i, e. Nv[up7]v riKeavirida.)-Trepa fie tb'riKuo'ev oaSey en, ws tj 0eos wtiv
avTT] fieynrrri Beuv ei* tois avdpbnrivots irpayfiaai, Kai io~xw Trapex^i ttK*io-t7}V.-Bou-
iraMs Se— Sfivpvaiovs evyaAiita epya£operas Tvxw vparos cKOiticrcv, aiv lujitv, ivo\ov re
txowrav eiri tjj K«pa\ri, izai tti eTepa X*'P' T0 KaAov/xevov AjuaXflems Kepas vwo 'EAArj-
vav.-j/cre fie Kai oarepov UtvSapos ak\a Te es tt)v T^xi", Kai 5>) Kai ■I>epe7ro?u>' oh-
Kaketrev avrrjv. Pausan. in Mc-ssen. c. xxx. s. 3 et 4. Pindar, in Fragm.
Bronzi d'Ercolano. torn. ii. tav. xxvi. Medals of Leucadia.