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his head was gently reclined ; and he seemed pensive and 
indignant at the labours which Eurystheus, as his superior, 
had imposed upon him, through envy rather than necessity: 
his chest was ample, his shoulders broad, his hair curled, 
his buttocks brawny, his arms sinewy, and his size equal to 
the idea wliich Ly.sippu^ had conceived of the real Her- 
cules : he was indeed the master-piece in Irass of that 
artist. The statue was of such magnitude, that his thumb 
was equal to the waist, and his leg to the size of an entire 
man ; and yet this Hercules, such as I have represented 
him, could find no favour from barbarians, who affected to 
prize fortitude above the other virtues, and to arrogate the 
possession of it to themselves. — TI;ey next laid their hands 
upon the statue of the ass loaded, and the ass-driver 
following; which Augustus had erected at Nicopolis, 
near the promontory of Acthnn^ from an incident which 
had occurred to him the night before the battle oi Actium. 
As he was reconnoitring the camp of Antony, a man met 
him, driving an ass : upon being ([uestioned by Ccesar, 
who he was, and whither he was going, he replied, ' My 
name is Nicon,^ and the ass is called Alcandcr, and I am 
going to Ccesar s camp.' Nor did they spare the Hy-ENa 
and the She-wolf which had suckled Romulus and Remus ; 
but for the sake of a few staters of brass, they destroyed 
and melted down these memorials of the origin of their race. 
Also the statue of the Man v.restling with the lion : 
(!) This story is related, with some little variation, by Plularck and 
Suetonius. In Plularck, whom Suetonius follows, the man replies, 
" My name is Eutt/ches (Fortunate) ; and the name of the ass is Nicon, 
(Victorious)." Vide I'lularcfi, Life of Anlonf/ ; and Suetonius, Oct. 
Cces. Augustus. 
