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ROOM I. 
Antiquities. 
No. 20. A bas-relief, representing Machaon, 
after he has been wounded. He is sitting in the 
tent of Nestor, who is administering a potion to 
him, as described in the Xlth book of the Iliad. 
The females, who are in attendance, are slaves. 
No. 21. Ditto, representing Bacchus and 
a Faun ; the former holds a thyrsus in his 
left hand, the latter carries a torch in his right 
band, and an amphora on his left shoulder. 
No. 22. Ddto, representing two Fauns kneel¬ 
ing, one of them playing upon the tambourin, the 
other accompanying him with small musical 
instruments called crotala. Between them is 
Ampelus, the lower part of whose figure termi¬ 
nates in branches of the vine. 
No. 23. Ditto, representing two of the Sea¬ 
sons, Spring and Summer. 
No. 24. Ditto, representing Victory sacri¬ 
ficing a bull before a lighted candelabrum, which 
is used as an altar. 
No, 25. Ditto, imperfect, representing Per¬ 
seus cutting off the head of Medusa. 
No. 2 6 . Ditto, representing Victory sacri¬ 
ficing a bull before a small altar, which is placed 
upon a tripod table. 
No. 27 . Ditto, imperfect, representing a fe¬ 
male Bacchante offering a basket of figs to the 
goddess 
