THIRD GR^CO-ROMAN SALOON. 95 
Bovill(B, ten miles from Home^ and purchased from the Colonna Palace, 
in 1819, for £1000. 
Small statue of a Muse, seated on a rock, and draped in the tunic 
and peplus, the arms and attributes modern ; the plinth is inscribed 
(probably in late times) ETMOTSIA. Ft. 10. PI. XLi. fig. 2. 
Head of a M use ; the breast wrongly restored as an Apollo; the 
type resembles that of the Niobides. Brought from Rome hy Mr. 
Lyde Broivne. Ft. 10. PI. iii. 
Statue of Thalia, the Pastoral and Comic Muse, life-size, in the 
tunic and peplus, and crowned with a chaplet of ivy; the right hand 
is restored with a pedum, or pastoral crook. Found in the Maritime 
laths of Claudius, at Ostia, in 1776. Pt. 3. PL v. 
Head of a Muse, crowned with laurel. Found near Frascati, 
Small statue of a Muse, probably Erato, wearing the tunic and 
peplus, and on her head a fillet; she is seated on a rock, playing the 
lyre. Pt. 10. PL’ xxii. 
Over the Muse inscribed Eumousia: Bas-relief, much restored, re¬ 
presenting the Centaur Nessus, carrying off Deianira; he wears a 
panther’s skin ; behind are a tree and a vase on a column. Formerly 
in the Verospi Palace, at Rome. Pt. 2. PL xv. 
Over the other seated Muse : Bas-relief, of two youthful horsemen, 
clothed in short tunics ; perhaps the Dioscuri, Castor and Pollux; 
the bridles of the horses have been painted red. Formerly in the col¬ 
lection of Sir Wm. Hamilton. Pt. 2. PL xi. 
Further on, in the same Wall: Bas-relief, of archaic (or pseudo- 
archaic) style, representing a young man, probably Castor, leading a 
horse by a rein (which, having originally been of metal, has now 
perished), and striking him with a stick ; they are followed by a dog. 
Found in Hadrian's Villa Tiburtina, 1769. Pt. 2. PL vi. 
Between these bas-reliefs, on a bracket: Head, believed to be that of 
a wmunded Amazon. Brought from Rome by Mr. Lyde Browne. 
Pt. 10. PL V. 
Underneath: Female bust, heroic size, of uncertain subject; com¬ 
monly known as Dione. Pt. 3. PL xiii. 
Mutilated statue of a youth, small-life-size, commonly described as 
Hymen; on the head is *a wreath of fiowers. Found on the Via 
Appia, near Rome, in 1817, and purchased of the Chevalier Brand- 
sted, 1831. 
Bust of a young and beautiful woman, in a tunic fastened with 
studs, and placed amidst leaves, or petals of a flower ; it is variously 
designated as Clytie rising from the sun-flower, Isis resting on the 
lotus, and Daphne transformed into a laurel. Formerly in the Lau- 
renzano collection, at Naples. 
Recumbent statue of a youth, small-life-size, sometimes called Mer¬ 
cury, but more probably Endymion, sleeping upon a rock, and 
wearing a chlamys and petasus, or broad-brimmed hat, tied beneath 
his chin. Found near Roma Vecchia, in the supposed Villa of 
Bomitian's nurse, 1776. 
Statue of Cupid (iVos) bending his bow, life-size, the limbs and 
accessaries restored ; supposed to be one of the many imitations of 
the celebrated marble of Praxiteles. Purchased, in 1812, at the sale 
of the collection of the Rt. Hon. Edmund Burke. 
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