Antiquities explained : being a collection of figured gems, illustrated by similar descriptions taken from the classics (1737)
Ogle, George, 1704-1746, Bettenham, James, d. 1774, Du Bosc, Claude, 1684-1745? · London : Printed by James Bettenham, for Cl. Du Bosc ... · leaf 112
that Anchises was {truck withLightning or deprivd ot his Sight, for having revealdhis Amours with Venus, Virgil, in another Paf-fage of the iE n e i d, makes Him fpeak to that EfFedl. yam pridem invifus Divis et inutilis annosDenioror, ex quo me Divum pater atque Hominum RexFulminis afflavit… … XV ( 31 ) * The Ancients are not intirely filent upon theCircumftances of this Amour. Among the jHymns,commonly attributed to Homer, there is one of extra-ordinary Length, on this very Subjed:. The Author ofthis Hymn, whether Homer, or Cynaethus ofChios, pretends that Jupite r infpird Venus, witha…
Gems, Ancient · Classical antiquities
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