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The individual representations, or portraits, are as follows : 
Terminal bust of Periander, the sage, who was tyrant of Corinth 
in the 7th century b.c. Formerly in the Villa Montalto, at Rome. 
Pt. 2. PI. XLII. 
Terminal bust of Epicurus, the Philosopher (b.c. 342—271). 
Found near Santa Maria Maggiore, at Rome, in 1775. Pt. 2. PI. 
xxxiv. 
Bust, supposed to represent Diogenes, the Cynic Philosopher 
(b.c. 412—324). Bequeathed by R. P. Knight, Esq., 1824. 
Bust of an old man, believed to be Hippocrates, the Physician 
(b.c. 460—375?). Found near Albano, in the ruins of the supposed 
Villa of Marcus Varro. Pt. 2. PI. xx. 
Terminal bust of Pericles (b.c. 497 ! —429), helmeted, and in¬ 
scribed with his name. Found near Tivoli , in 1781. Pt. 2. PI. 
XXXII. 
Bust of Demosthenes (b.c. 384—322). Purchased in 1818. 
Bust, supposed to be that of Aratus, the Poet and Astronomer, 
who flourished about b.c. 275 : the pedestal is erroneously inscribed 
with the name of Heraclitus. Found among the ruins of the supposed 
Villa of Marcus Varro , in 1770. 
Bust of Sophocles, the Tragedian (b.c. 495—406). Found , 
about 1775, near Gensano , 17 miles from Rome . Pt. 2. PI. xxvi. 
Terminal bust of Homer, in advanced age, wearing a fillet, or 
diadem. Found, in 1780, among some ruins at Baioe. Pt. 2. PI. 
XXV. 
Terminal bust, probably of a Greek Poet, with a diadem similar to 
the preceding. Found, in 1770, with the bust of Hippocrates, 
already described. Pt. 2. PI. xliv. 
West Wall. —Large medallion, with the bust, in relief, of an un¬ 
known male personage. Pt. 10. PI. lvii. fig. 2. 
East Wall. — Similar medallion, representing apparently the same 
person. Pt. 10. PI. lvii. fig. 1. 
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This Room contains the remainder of the mythological series, con¬ 
sisting of the representations of divinities of inferior rank to the 
Olympic cycle, demigods, heroes, and personages associated with 
religion, poetry, or mysticism, in the Greek and Roman creed. The 
description commences from the north-west door, leading to the Lycian 
Saloon. 
Terminal statue of an Hermaphrodite, feeding a bird with a bunch 
of grapes. Found, in 1774, near the Lake of Nemi. Pt. 10. PI. 
XXX. 
Small statue of Actseon, defending himself from his two dogs, 
Melampus and Iehnobates; he wears merely a lion’s skin; on his 
head appear the stag’s horns, which sprung up at the command of 
Diana. Found in the Villa of Antoninus Pius, near Civita Lavinia , 
on the site of the ancient Lanuvium. Pt. 2. PI. xlv. 
Small terminal statue of a female, closely veiled in a species of 
peplus; it has been thought to represent the Venus Architis of the 
Phoenicians. Found near Tivoli, 1775. Pt. 2. PL xxxvii. 
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