ON con RSIN(;. \()7 



not be ne.oloctt'ul of Diana V^enatrix,"^ nor Apollo ,•" nor Pan,'" Cum-. 

 ^ ^ XXXIV. 



In the temple of Jupiter at Dlytiipia, as described by Pausanias, Cupid is seen re- 

 ceiving Venus rising out of the sea, and the goddess TleiOw placing a crown on lier 

 head : and so in the Rape of Helen, she is the bearer of tlie brida! chaplet : 



Kal CTfcpos affK-fiffacra yafi7}\iov i^\v6e rifieo), Loluthi K. H. 



^ , ,. , vs. 28. 



To^evTi]pos EpooTos e\a(ppi^ovffa <paptTpr]v, 



Horace unites Suadela and Venus in the attractions of " the well-bemoney'd swain" 

 — " bene-numraatuin decorat Suadela Venusque." And Artemidorus says her ap- Epod. L. i. 

 pearanceis ominous of good to all persons, and on all occasions; TleiOcu Se koI Xdpnes, *-'"• ^'' 



Kol'^npai, Kui Nvfiipaiirphs irdvra Kal iraffiv eiaiv ayadai. . '' * 



15. XdpKTiv. The Graces of Heathen mythology were ladies of great influence: 

 simplicity of manners, gracefulness of deportment, gaiety of disposition, liberality, 

 eloquence, and wisdom, were all derived from them : 



avv yap vfuv rci, repirva Kal to, y\vKea rindar. (Jlymp. 



, , „ ^ L. XIV. 6. 



ylverai iravra pporoiS' 



el (ro(phs, el KaXhs, eif tjs ayXahs 



hviip. 



In the Theogony they "keep their court with the God of Love," and revel in ban- Hesiodi D. G. 

 quets ; and in Horace's supplicatory Ode to Venus, they are associated with the 

 " Regina Cnidi Paphique," Cupid, the Nymphs, Hebe, and Mercury : 



Fervidus tecum puer, et solutis Larm. L. i. 



^ . . TVT .. Od. 31.VS. 5. 



Gratiae zonis, properentque Wymphse, 



Et parum corais sine te Juventas, 



Mercuriusque. 



16. Tovs iirl Bripa einrovSaK6Tas ov xph ct/ieA.eTi' t^s 'Apre/xiSos tjjs ^AypoTfpas. 

 Xenophon was equally strict in his religious observances towards the rural deities, De Venat. 

 bidding the sportsman, before he slip a single hound, to vow a participation of the ^' ^'" 

 game to Apollo and Diana Agrotera. See Pitisci Lexicon Antiquit. Roman. and Apul. 



Met. VI. p. 175. The falconer of Demetrius, in later days, offered his morning 

 adoration to the God of heaven before sun-rise, and then flew his hawk at the 

 quarry : rhv debv iiriKaAea'dfj.ei'os rp Oripa evuivws (TvW^\f/otTo, k. t. A. IfpuKOffocpiov, 



Following his Classic prototypes, Adrian de Castello makes the cardinal hunter ^' 



supplicate the Sylvan goddess : 



Volans Ascanius levi veredo Adriani 



Precatus Triviae perenne numen, \ enatio apud 



poetas tres 

 Aldi. 



