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No. 16. Ditto, representing a cow suckling 
her calf, and drinking out of a circular vessel. 
No. 17 . Two terminal heads, joined back to 
back ; one of the bearded Bacchus, the other of 
Libera. 
No. 18. A statue of the goddess of Fortune. 
No. 19. A terminal head of the bearded Bac¬ 
chus, of very early Greek work. 
No. 20. A head of Hippocrates. 
No. 20A Greek funeral monument, with 
a bas-relief and an inscription. It is to the me¬ 
mory of a person named Alexander, a native of 
Bithynia. This marble, brought from Smyrna, 
was presented to the Museum, in 1772, by 
Matthew Duane, Esq. and Thomas Tyrwhitt, 
Esq. 
No. 21. A terminal head of Mercury. Pwr- 
chased^ in 1812, at the sale of Antiquities belong¬ 
ing to William Chinnery^ Esq, 
No. 22. A statue of Venus. 
No. 23. A bas-relief, representing the apo¬ 
theosis, or deification, of Homer. The Father 
of Poetry is seated on a throne at the foot of 
Mount Parnassus, the residence 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 
ROOM III. 
Antiquities. 
