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The antiquities of Herculaneum (1773)

Baiardi, Ottavio Antonio, 1694-1764, Martyn, Thomas, 1735-1825, Lettice, John, 1737-1832, Bannerman, Alexander, fl. 1730-1780, Lamborn, Peter Spendelowe, 1722-1774, Grignion, Charles, 1721-1810, Leacroft, S. (Samuel), -1795, Accademia ercolanese di archeologia (Naples, Italy) · London : Printed for S. Leacroft ... · leaf 150

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lympus, bewailed him: Et fatyri fratres, et tunc quoque clarus Olympus.[5] It is controverted who was the original inventor of this inftrument. Hyginus,Fab. 165. fays, that Minerva firft formed it of the bone of a Hag; but, that beingderided by Juno and Venus (becaufe in blowing it her cheeks were… … i t P L A T E IX. 39fubjeft of the piece before us [6]. The ornament of archi-tecture, which we fee in this and the foregoing pidure, mani- Athenaeus, iv. p. 184, attribute to Marfyas not only the invention of the flute, butalfo of the fyrinx. Suidas, under Marfyas, writes, ogig spvps hot pxriKyg…

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