Note 156 — Chapter I · THE KING OF THE WOOD

As to the double-headed bust see W. Helbig, in Notizie degli Scavi, 1885, p. 227; O. Rossbach, op. cit. p. 159; G. H. Wallis, Illustrated Catalogue of Classical Antiquities from the Site of the Temple of Diana, Nemi, pp. 32 sq.; A. B. Cook, in Classical Review, xvi. (1902) p. 373; id. “The European Sky-God,” Folk-lore, xvi. (1905) pp. 289 sqq.; F. Granger, “A Portrait of the Rex Nemorensis,” Classical Review, xxi. (1907) pp. 194–197; id. in Classical Review, xxii. (1908) p. 217; J. G. Frazer, “The Leafy Bust at Nemi,” Classical Review, xxii. (1908) pp. 147–149. The interpretation adopted in the text is that of Professor F. Granger. The way had been prepared for it by Mr. A. B. Cook’s suggestion that the busts represent “the double form of Diana’s favourite, Hippolytus-Virbius.” Previous writers took the view that the heads were those of water-gods. As to the identification of the leaves on the busts, about which botanists are not agreed, see Mr. Francis Darwin’s letter to me, quoted in my article, “The Leafy Bust at Nemi” (l.c.).