Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-02-03

Rome amongst the ruins Of the ancient city of
| Ahtimm. Ii was ina excellent preservation
The left arm aud part of the right arm, have
been supplied by modern artist. Dr. Moore
in his view of Society and planners in llaiy,
observes" That 10 form ala adequate idea of
the beauty ct thus statue IL - absolutely neCes-
Sary To see it-WIih all the advantages OF color
ana life, the human form never appeared 20
beautiful and we can never sufficiently adj
mire the artist who has endowed marble with
| a inner expression of grace, dlgHitN and under
standing than es en- were seen riiving features.
Ia the forming Oi this iBinitable figure, the
artist seems 10 have wrought attcr an ideal
| form OF beauty, superior to any IN nature and
| winch existed only IN his own ina. ina ton"
vol. page 20.-Apo.io is represented IN the
attitude Of darling The fatal arrow against tlie
| serpent; prond glow OF generous disdain is
| communicated TO features lovely beSOn all
praise-such as cosid only belong to IA Deity,
| VINO is thus celebrated by Horace:
Nunquarn huiueris positurus areum,
| oni roIe puro Casiaiia iavit
l Crimes solutos qui Lyci;e tenet
Dumeta, nataenque silvsrn,
| Deiius at ratareus Apollo.
rr ICa,miH LID. }, ode 4.
The Young APoLLO.....I This statue is a
beautiful representation of the Eelvidere
| Apollo IN the early bud. 1t Is a immature
representation VI those divine proportions OF
u,eaithly beauty, not yet uniolded maturely.
The artist is unknown.
LAGOON AND HIS Sons. This groupe is
unqueStonabiy one of the finest remai,is OF
| antiquity. LAGOON was, according to some
authors the brother of Ancbises ,,,7rord;,,y IN
Others, The sOn of Priam, and the priest OF
| Apollo, and was elected by lot TO ofiiciate as
| regular priest: either Laonedon oririuaIly
| deSplsed him and appointed none-Or the iro-
Jans ut hc had one) had put him TO death be
cause Neptune had not prohib Ited The passage
| "A sacrifice was ordaiued IN Neninne nm lie
| shore on which their can,n bai stood aud
| TN, 10 ftliupon Iaoc ION 10 a,.t AS nries, ,non
| the occasion. Dur,ut. the cerenopo twin,
niense seipents trom the Isle OF Tene,Ios
| crossed the sea and uroreeded ia tho s,ot
thu, assail the infant sons OF ,oco0n Is iii
| pious haste. but vain" the t,ther ti;., with
weapons TO Their aid, and is enveioped in their
deadly toIis Afier a ,lescr;nt,nm Of ,haSs
monsters aur the universal III gGt of The horror
struck multitude. the poet nroceejs.
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