New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-01-01
The Paptheou Of Rome.
Translated sor Thss = Trbuse. sOn ;h. YrenA o! My
On my first visit to the Pant heOn at Rome


On my first visit to the Pant heon at Rome,
was struck with the dispropor.ion between the size
Of the edihcc and the grandeur Of hs destination
Rome the city OF universal tolerance. already very
rich in gods and goidesscs in dem gods and demsod
dcsses wished, we are told to embrace in . stil
larger hospitality all the members Of the other thce
scaic fsmihes and its generals came upon
new god Of vsnqcshed people. they took Possession
Of him aud seni him the Eternal City BUT admitting
the supposition hitherto APPROVED the narrow limits Of
the Psnsheon would not have suiced for thIs innamsr
able collection Of pagan divnites IN Inn - large ~
81 Peters of the Vatican would not have sufced The
spsces would have been cosged BY the gods Of Egypt
alone country whose exaggerated idolsiry 10 apsy
sa,irixed In the vorse Of o mockins poet;
o.sei.s sraram nasca.,u' Asrs'
10 sscysd tribes whose gods AZ rsised in sss.cns
Impressed with this dsA presented by the Pantheon
seen from new point Of view, made On spproxina.
tive census Of Tie indigenous sodsS pais isd.ssss.
a. Virgil ssys-and Of the exotic gods. who according
70 sdnitted tradition. were 70 be ho0sed In the Pan
theon: the gods OF Esypt Of Csppsdocia Of Poas1 81
Syria Of Persia Of Assyra Of the Modes Of Psnncna
of Gades Of the Piets the Thracans the Seythians Of
Armenia, Of the Ciznbn the Gc,s. the xsssascf the
Psrthans The Cexnans, the GAns the Ibsrsass-h has,
Of an The idolatroas Astsons under the Romaa sway 73
yesrs amer the foundation Of the city In the hrst year
Of the 18Th Oiympisd thai TO- Of the period when the
srchiec, Of Agnppais sspYose@ to have built the Pen
thson Now, Is hosptfable Rome WA seeussomed to
proceed on . grand scale. especially when the gob
were concerned do no, conceive that many divine
statues eosid have found niche Ia this elegant rotunds
of the Pantheon You might well tell me thss Ill the
.tx>psers who nocked Into Paris the .es u the l5th
of last August were lodged aAsse In the rosss4 Of
the Psiss Royal
On examining the interior Of ths temple and Observing
the snail number Of 'sesa vosive sitsrs eseh framed
In between Two superb monodth columns. one 10 cen
WINGED tina. there for but eight false gods d
most Noshing In other psrss Of the edfes inaissses
the vacant place Of pedestal But ths city OF Roms
being too generous 70 lodge gods the pavement or "
r.nre.ep, them BY economic sas:s designate them
nv thar hmlly names the marble VAIL am pcrsus-
ded-sws.ng proof Of he contrAry-shss tn fsnsheoa
never vas tie hotel and temple Of the coda Al afst
b,ush his msy pardon IN sreh~oogy, - In
,ul, TO The Grseh roots es; this 10 not AZ Lsus rea
soa 70 the end Of the matter wish to 80 u n far
Their
A,tA, e;,oeh ~ the greet poss say. me dream u
pesh,ehesn wa palms the brow d Rome, and he
ev Of Ausus,u. yielded uawiit.ng to . new nspsrs-
lion. no, descending from oynpaa The sybilline
voices were every where mute Rome, the variike haA
hr,,.p her lance thu temple of Jsnaa ever ossa vs
rcv q .ss elosed Tor bali century Virgil sxrnad'
"A new order Of things " The word go BE-
can 10 be used IA q ds,s had Almost iof M
Plural the shepberas Of TIE Tiber aid - she dep
herds Of Nazareth were sooa 70 ssy "A GO has gwen
~ ths rspose on be 10 . god Indeed hnas
raorsksy jescesded pager hps ssd drew ron q en-
unwurted accents pse:s. the eh.iren u >c1ps' asa
Msr.us eossernrsj tas hossrs n v~ hssse" En-
CAMEL wbi,Aer 10 ye ru.a- y. eitaf~as v'''s"S
essr. Virgil s,ii.1-i y the rn-aory u 30 recsa'