Studj, see page 8, note

Page 2 S. — I. la maison de campagne d'Arrius Diomedès. The country house of Diomedès, so called from the fact that the grave of a rich Roman, Arrius Diomedès, was found by the side of it.

2. l'Hercule Farnèse, one of the most famous masterpieces of ancient art, by the Athenian sculptor Glycon. It was brought from Athens to Rome by the Roman emperor Caracalla. It was found in 1540 in the ruins of the baths erected by him.

4. la Flore, a colossal statue more than 12 feet high, in Greek marble, well known as the Farnese Flora, found with the Famese Hercules, in the baths of Caracalla in Rome. Flora is the goddess of flowers and gardens, she is the mother of Spring.

4. la Minerve Archaïque, generally known under the name of "Farnese Minerva," also a colossal statue (nearly ']\ feet high) in Parian marble.

5. les deux Balbus, two celebrated equestrian statues of the elder and the younger Balbus ; they are of Greek marble and executed in Greek style. They were erected at public expense in Ilerculaneum, where they were found. The younger Balbus was praetor and proconsul of the town as shown by an inscription on the pedestal of the statue.

6. statue d'Aristide, a magnificent statue of Greek marble, reverently admired by the modem sculptor Canova. An Italian schT)lar has proved, however, that the statue is not that of the famous Athenian gênerai and statesman Aristides, but of the orator Aeschines, the rival of Demosthenes.