It is a production of the flourishing period of the art, but, according to appearance, anterior to the reign of Alexander the Great. It partakes a little of the meagre style of the old Greek school; but, at the same time, is finished with astonishing truth, and exhibits a graceful simplicity of expression. In what place it was originally discovered is not known. It was taken from the Capitol, where it was seen in the _Palazzo dei Conservatori_. 50. A FAUN, _in a resting posture_. This young faun, with no other covering than a deer's skin thrown over his shoulders, is standing with his legs crossed, and leaning on the trunk of a tree, as if resting himself. The grace and finished execution that reign throughout this figure, as well as the immense number of copies still existing of it, and all antiques, occasion it to be considered as the copy of the Faun in bronze, (or Satyr as it is termed by the Greeks), of Praxiteles. That statue was so celebrated, that the epithet of [Greek: perizoætos], or the famous, became its distinctive appellation throughout Greece. This Faun is of Pentelic marble: it was found in 1701, near _Civita Lavinia_, and placed in the Capitol by Benedict XIV. 59. ARIADNE, _known by the name of_ CLEOPATRA. In this beautiful figure, Ariadne is represented asleep on a rock in the Isle of Naxos, abandoned by the faithless Theseus, and at the moment when Bacchus became enamoured of her, as described by several ancient poets. It is astonishing how the expression of sleep could be mistaken for that of death, and cause this figure to be called _Cleopatra_. The serpent on the upper part of the left arm is evidently a bracelet, of that figure which the Greek women called [Greek: opidion], or the little serpent. For three successive centuries, this statue of Parian marble constituted one of the principal ornaments of the Belvedere of the Vatican, where it was placed by Julius II. 190. AUGUSTUS. This head of Augustus, adorned with the civic crown of oak leaves, is one of the fine portraits of that emperor. It is executed in Parian marble, and comes from Verona, where it was admired in the _Bevilacqua_ cabinet. * * * * * On quitting the HALL OF THE SEASONS, we return to that through which we first passed to reach it. This apartment, from being ornamented with the statues of ZENO, TRAJAN, DEMOSTHENES, and PHOCION, is denominated the HALL OF ILLUSTRIOUS MEN. It is decorated with eight antique granite pillars brought from _Aix-la-Chapelle_, where they stood in the nave of the church, which contained the tomb of Charlemagne. Among the antiques placed in it, I shall particularize N° 75. MENANDER. This figure represents the poet, honoured by the Greeks with the title of _Prince of the New Comedy_, sitting on a hemi-cycle, or semicircular seat, and resting after his literary labours. He is clad in the Grecian tunic and _pallium_. 76. POSIDIPPUS.