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THIRD GRAECO-ROMAN SALOON. 
On a bracket adjoining: Small statue of the same subject and 
type as the preceding, but with a quiver on the ground, covered with a 
lion’s skin. Found, in 1776, inside a large amphora, at Castello di 
Guido, 8 miles from Rome. Pt. 10. PI. xxi. 
Recumbent statue of the infant Cupid in the character of Somnus, 
life-size; he sleeps upon a lion’s skin, and beside him is the club of 
Hercules : two lizards are seen on the ground. Found near the Fla- 
minian Gate , at Rome. 
On the bracket above : Small statue of Hercules ( Herakles ), seated 
upon a rock, on which is the lion’s skin, and holding his club; the 
arms are modern. Pt. 10. PI. xli. fig. 3. 
Above this: Bas-relief, of archaic (or pseudo-archaic) style, repre¬ 
senting Hercules seizing by the horns the stag of Mount Meenalus, 
which he had been commanded to capture by Eurystheus. From 
Rome. Pt. 2. PI. vii. 
Small bust of Hercules, in advanced life. Bequeathed by R. 
Payne Knight, Esq., 1824. 
Colossal bust of Hercules, a variety of the same type as the statue 
attributed to Glycon, in the Farnese Palace at Naples. Found at the 
foot of Mount Vesuvius, and presented by Sir William Hamilton . 
Pt. 1. PI. XI. 
Colossal bust of Hercules, apparently copied from an archaic 
bronze; the hair similarly treated to that of the bas-relief' last de¬ 
scribed. Found in Hadrian's Villa, 1769. Pt. 1. PI. xii. 
Bust of Hercules, younger than any of the preceding representations : 
a type similar to that on the coins of Philip of Macedon, and supposed 
to have resembled that monarch himself. Formerly in the Barberini 
Palace. Pt. 3. PI. xii. 
On a bracket: Terminal bust of the youthful Hercules, crowned 
with leaves of the poplar. Found near Gensano, in 1777. Pt. 2. 
PI. xlvi. 
On the next bracket: Female head, wearing a turreted crown, 
probably Cybele {Rhea) ; the eyes are hollowed to receive precious 
stones, or coloured composition. 
Above these: Bas-relief, of coarse workmanship, an ex voto to the 
rural nymphs, three of whom are represented with shells, standing 
between Jupiter and Pan. 
Underneath: Statue of a nymph, small-life-size, resting after the 
chase; she is draped in the tumc, and beside her lies her bow; the 
head and extremities are modern. Found, in 1786, near the Salarian 
Gate, at Rome. Pt. 2. PI. xxvm. 
Statue of a recumbent female, small-life-size, half-draped, and 
wearing a stephanos, or crown, of embossed metal, and an armilla; it 
has been restored as a water-nymph, with an urn overturned. 
On the first bracket above: Unknowm head, formerly described as 
androgynous, but more probably representing a female, her hair 
bound with a mitra, or broad band, wound two or three times round 
the head; it is apparently copied from a bronze. Found near Gen¬ 
sano, about 1784. Pt. l0. PI. xvn. 
The remaining sculptures on this side of the room are all of 
personages belonging to the Dionysiac, or Bacchic, cycle. 
Statue of Libera, the female Bacchus, or perhaps Ariadne, life- 
