HERCULES killing the Serpents, which were fent to deftroy
him in his Cradle, Artifts have (hewn great Fancy in the various

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Ways of reprefenting this Story. Sometimes the young Hero has a
Smile on his Face, as if pleafed with the Colour ancTMotion of the
Serpents, and fometimes the Stcadinefs and ft rong Gripe of the Infant,
are exprefled as here.
The Bufto of LABIENUS PARTHICUS.
The Statue of V E N U S, (landing in an eafy Pofture, holding a
Vafe which (he has emptied, refting her Arm on a Pillar.
The Bufto of NERVA.
The Statueof HERCULES wreftling with ANTEUS; he raifet
him from the Ground, agreeable to the Story, that if he touched his
Mother Earth he would have regained Strength.
The Bufto of CiELIUS CALDUS.
The Bufto of MARCIA OTACILLA, Wife of Philip.
On a PedeftaL
Young BACCHUS fmiling, and Grapes growing up a Tree.
A Statue of CERES % (he holds a Cornucopia in her Right-Hand ;
in her Left a Poppy, and fome Ears ofCornjfhe invented Agri-
culture, and firft introduced the Ufe of Wheat ; Mankind before
living on Acorns* and the fpontaneous Produce of the Earth.
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The Statue of A D O N I S : He was an Idol of Syria, and the fame
as Tbammuz; the Lamentation of whom is condemned by the Prophet
Ezekiel. He is reprefented as a very beautiful Youth, and is faid to
have made Gardens pleafant by pruning. Here he has a pruning Knife,
hence the Proverb, Adonidis Horti.
The Bufto of MA TID I A.
The Bufto ofGRYPHINA, Daughter of Ptolomy Evergetes.
