The Cyclops Polyphemus who fell in love with the nymph Galatea. He is shown with two eyes holding a lyre as he receives a message from Galatea brought by a Genius or cupid on a dolphin. The vignette below shows a cupid in a small carriage driven by swans. Copperplate engraved by Tommaso Piroli from his own "Antichita di Ercolano" (Antiquities of Herculaneum), Rome, 1789. Italian artist and engraver Piroli (1752-1824) published six volumes between 1789 and 1807 documenting the murals and bronzes found in Heraculaneum and Pompeii.

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The Cyclops Polyphemus who fell in love with the nymph Galatea. He is shown with two eyes holding a lyre as he receives a message from Galatea brought by a Genius or cupid on a dolphin. The vignette below shows a cupid in a small carriage driven by swans. Copperplate engraved by Tommaso Piroli from his own "Antichita di Ercolano" (Antiquities of Herculaneum), Rome, 1789. Italian artist and engraver Piroli (1752-1824) published six volumes between 1789 and 1807 documenting the murals and bronzes found in Heraculaneum and Pompeii.

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