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 56
THE EXPLICATION. I. E P T U N E leanmg on his Trident. *Tho Neptune is more frequentlyreprefented in his Chariot and on theOcean, He appears fometimes on Land.The Poets as well as Sculptors agree toplace Him in this Attitude. For notto mention that Paflage in the I l i a d,where he is defcribd as… … ( o Odyssey, infpeding the Voyage of Ulysses, andtaking his View from theSoLYMiEAN Mountains. TflXc^iv ox, ZoXvf^cuv c^iuv eiotV ^(TcCTt yd^ oi Uovjoy iwittXuuv. Vcr. 282, &C. But Him, thus voyaging the Deeps below. From far on Solymes aerial Brow, The King of Ocean faw. Pope. The Trident was…
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