of tables. Here, too, in succession were the effigies of
past generations, carved from ancient cedar—Italus and
father Sabinus, planter of the vine, preserving in that
mimic form his curved hook, and hoary Saturn, and the
image of two-faced Janus, all standing in the vestibule, 15
and other kings from the earliest days, and heroes who had
sustained the war-god’s wounds in fighting for their
country. Moreover, there was hanging on the sacred
doors abundance of armour, captive chariots, crooked
axe-heads, helmet-crests, ponderous gates, javelins, and 20