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GALLERY OF ANTIQUITIES. [ROOM III. 
No. 20. A head of Hippocrates. Pt, 2. PI. xx. 
No. 21. A terminal head of Mercury. Purchased , 
in 1812, at the sale of Antiquities belonging to William 
Chinyiery , Esq. Pt. 2. PI. xxi. 
No. 22. A statue of Venus. Pt. 2. PI. xxn. 
No. 23. A bas-relief, representing the apotheosis, or 
deification, of Homer. The Father of Poetry is seated 
on a throne at the foot of Mount Parnassus, the re¬ 
sidence of the Muses; before the poet is a group of 
figures offering up sacrifices to him. Above are Apollo 
and the Nine Muses; and on the summit of the moun¬ 
tain is Jupiter, who appears to be giving his sanction to 
the divine honours which are paid to Homer. This 
highly interesting bas-relief was found about the middle 
of the 17th century, at Frattochi, the ancient Bovillae, in 
the Appian road, ten miles from Rome. It was for 
many years in the Colonna Palace, at Rome, and was 
purchased for the British Museum in the year 1819. 
Nos. 21*. 22*. Two feet covered with sandals. They 
have belonged to the same statue, and are in beautiful 
preservation. 
No. 23*. A bas-relief, representing a comic and a tra¬ 
gic mask. 
No. 24*. Ditto, representing four Bacchic masks. 
Purchased in 1818. 
No. 25*. A tragic mask. 
No. 24. A statue of a Faun. Pt. 2, PI. xxiv. 
No. 25. A terminal head of Homer , • represented in 
an advanced age, with a sublime and dignified character. 
Pt. 2. PI. xxv. 
No, 26. A bust of Sophocles. Pt. 2. PI. xxvi.‘ 
No. 27. A terminal head of the bearded Bacchus. 
Pt, 2. PI. xxvii. 
No. 28. A statue of a nymph of Diana resting her¬ 
self after the fatigues of the chase. Pt. 2. PI. xxvm. 
No. 29. An entire terminus of the bearded Bacchus, 
six feet high. Pt. 2. Pi. xxix. 
No. 30. A terminal head of the bearded Bacchus. 
Pt. 2. PI. xxx. 
No. 31. A statue of a youth holding with both hands 
a part of an arm which he is biting. This statue be¬ 
longed to a group, originally composed of two boys who 
