The Antiquities of Orissa v1.c9.203

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**Note to line 45, p. [ 43 ]** The Apollo and Daphne of Bernini seems to be an imitation of an antique group of Bacchus and Ampelus found at La Strota, about eight miles from Rome, and now in the British Museum. It represents Ampelus at the period of his transformation into the vine plant, but before the metamorphosis has been quite completed. "The lower part of his body appears to have taken root, while the transformation, which is gradually proceeding, has not yet deprived Ampelus of the power of looking up affectionately at his master, to whom he is offering grapes. The skill of the sculptor has blended together the animal and vegetable forms with so much ingenuity that it is difficult to decide either where the one begins, or the other terminates". *Engravings from the Ancient Marbles in the British Museum*, Part III, Plate XI.