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ROOM III. 
Antiquities. 
in 1812, at the sale of Antiquities belonging to William 
Chinnery , Esq. Pt. 2. PL xxi. 
No. 22. A statue of Venus. Pt. 2. PL xxii. 
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 
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 mid¬ 
dle of the 17th century, at Frattochi, the ancient Bo- 
villas, 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. 
7'hey have belonged to the same statue, and are in 
beautiful preservation. 
No. 23*. A bas-relief, representing a comic and a 
tragic 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. PL xxiv. 
No. 25. A terminal head of Homer, represented in 
an advanced age, with a sublime and dignified -cha¬ 
racter. Pt. 2. PL xxv. 
No. 26. A bust of Sophocles. Pt. 2. PL xxvi. 
No. 26 # . A very ancient Greek inscription, known 
by the title of the “ Marmor Atheniense.” It relates 
to a survey of some temple at Athens, supposed to be 
the Erechtlieium. Brought to England by Dr. Chand¬ 
ler , and presented to the British Museum , in 1785, by the 
Dilettanti Society . 
No. 27. A terminal head of the bearded Bacchus. 
Pt. 2. PL xxvii. 
No. 28. A statue of a nymph of Diana resting 
herself 
