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other particular things found in the faid temple. 
One of thefe pictures, they fay, reprefents Thefeus. 
The figure is naked, and holds a fmall club in his 
hand : between his legs lies a minotaur, the pofture 
of which produces one of ‘the moft admirable fore- 
Ihortenings, that ever I beheld. There fland about 
him alfo three little boys, one of which kifles his 
right hand, another embraces his left arm, and the 
the third gently embraces his left handj all extremely 
well exprefled. The other picture is of the fame fize 
as the former, and compofed of many figures as large 
as the life. 1 . A woman fitting with a wand in her 
hand, and crown’d with flowers : on one fide of her 
Hands a balket of pomegranates, grapes, and other 
fruit : near her is a little fatyr or fawn, playing on 
one of the ancient inftruments, of 6 or 8 tubes, joined 
together in a row. There is a lufly naked man ftand- 
ing by her, with his face turned fomething towards 
her, with a fhort black beard. He has a bow and 
quiver of arrows; alfo a club. In the fame piece is 
alfo another woman, who feemingly is talking to the 
firfl : file is crown’d with ears of corn. There is alfo 
a hind giving fuck to a boy. The man told me, that 
this reprefen ted the ftory of the difcovery of Telephus. 
Another pi&ure reprefents a winged Mercury, with' 
a child fitting on his fhoulders acrofs his neck, by 
whom is a woman fitting, and taking Mercury by the 
hand. This, we were told, was fuppofed to be 
Bacchus carried to nurfe. Another piece reprefented 
Jupiter embracing Ganymede. Another, in which 
is a hunt of flags and fwans. Three others, in each 
a Medufa’s head. Another, reprefenting two heads 
of imaginary animals ; for never was the like on 
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