And towering o'er his head in triumph ride."
Virgil, "Æn.," ii. 209: Dryden.
We now enter the
ROOM OF THE MELEAGER,
the hero sung of by Greek and Latin poets. Found in the year 1500 outside the Porta Portese. 20, The Loves of Æneas and Dido; 17, Inscription relating to the foundation of the temple of Hercules Victor by the consul Mummius.
THE ROUND VESTIBULE.
In the centre is a basin of pavonazzetto; on the balcony a very rare ancient sun-dial, found in 1770 near the Colosseum. The view from here has given to this balcony the name
BELVEDERE.
It commands a beautiful panoramic scene of Rome and the Campagna, bounded by the distant Alban and Sabine Hills.