Outlines from the figures and compositions upon the Greek, Roman, and Etruscan vases of the late Sir William Hamilton with engraved borders (1804)
Hamilton, William, Sir, 1730-1803, Kirk, Thomas, 1765?-1797, Miller, William, 1769-1844, Hancarville, Pierre d', 1719-1805 · London : W. Miller · leaf 117
genius is probablyAcratus, one of those, who, according to Pausanias, gene-rally accompanied Bacchus. In the dancers we easily recognise, both by the actionsof their bodies, and by the torches which they carry anduse in these rites, the conduct of men who counterfeit, orare supposed to be insane,… … [ 21 ] ornaments round which shew them to be distinct from themirrors, which are sacred to these deities. PLATE XXXIII. In this painting we may observe two indications ofBacchus, by means of the globe or sphere. Attached tothe wall on one side, there seems to be a sort of cupboard,called…
