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of that 'four-sided monument of brass, whose height 
rivalled the loftiest pillars in the whole city ! Who is 
there, that did not admire its various devices? On its 
sides were represented birds pouring forth tlieir vernal 
melody ; the ploughman's toils ; the shepherd's relax- 
ations ; the very bleating of the sheep ; the frisking of the 
lambs. The sea itself was engraven ; and multitudes of 
fish were beheld ; some in the act of being taken ; others 
overpowering the nets, and again dashing into the deep. 
In another part, a troop of naked Cupids were sporting, 
and pelting apples at each other, whilst laughter shook 
their sides. The monument itself terminated in a pyramid, 
on whose apex stood a female figure, which turned at the 
slightest impulse of the air, and hence was denominated 
* the Handmaid of the JVhuU.' This exquisite piece of 
workmanship was delivered over to the flames ; and at 
the same time they destroyed an equestrian i-igitre of 
more than mortal size, which stood upon a tabular plinth, 
in the Fonim Taiiri. Some conjectured this statue to repre- 
sent Joshua the son of Nun, stretching out his hand to the 
sun going down, and commanding it ' to stand still upon 
Gibeon.' The better informed recognised it to be the 
statue of Bellerophon mounted upon Pegasus; for the 
horse was represented, like that ivii'ged steed, unbitted, 
and spurning the ground with his hoof; a horse every way^ 
worthy of his rider, and one that could tread on air as well 
(2) Cedrenus has described this wind-obelisk, and s:iys that it was 
erected by T/ieodosms the Great .- he calls it 'AvijttoSiitf/sv, instead of 
' futfjisiivXiiir. 
(3) Banduri lias given i^<i\uv. Fubiicius reads lio^lH/v, wliiclt I 
prefer. 
