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