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Reflections on the painting and sculpture of the Greeks

Note 305 — AN ANSWER TO THE FOREGOING LETTER, AND A further Explication of the Subject.

Henry Fuseli translation

An ox-head on the reverse of an Attick gold coin, stamped with the head of Hercules and his club, is supposed to allude to his labours, (Haym. Tesoro Britt. l. 182.) and to be, in general, a symbol of strength, industry, or patience, (Hypnerotomachia Polyphili. Venet. Ald. fol.)

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