OF PART THE SECOND. xi 
t6presents on one side a charioteer, seated'^ in his 
car^ drawn by two horses in full speed ; he is 
urging them with a goad which he bears in his 
right hand, and guiding them with a long wand ; 
this he holds in his left hand, and to the extre- 
mity of it two balls are fastened. Upon the 
other side is seen the image of Minerva, repre- 
sented by a picture so uncommonly antient, that 
nothing like it has ever appeared. The painting 
consists of three colours ; a dingy red, black, and 
white. The figure oi Minerva is delineated in the 
black colour ; but her attire is red, and her face, 
hands, and feet, are ivhite. Instead of a helmet, 
she wears upon her head the red^ez, now in use 
among the Modern Greeks; from the top of 
which a crest rises, like that of a helmet. 
Instead of the Gorgon upon her shield, a Dolphin 
is represented ; thereby denoting her antient 
relationship to Venus and Asiarte. Her hair falls 
straight down her back ; and it is collected into 
^ queue, pointed at the end': this part of the 
design is traced in a wavy zig-zag outline, w^hich 
is purely Etruscan, The same may be said of 
her zone, and the border of her red petticoat. 
(2) It is said, that there is only one other example known where the 
Charioteer is represented in a sitting posture. 
(3) Exactly like the manner in which the Chinese wear their hair. 
VOL. VII. b 
