ead bound with white wool, even as in another place could be
seen Hercules and Theseus, who were shown in combat with the famous
Amazons. And at the foot of the car, which was drawn by two very large
and very naturally figured eagles, there was seen walking (as has been
told of the others) Bellerophon adorned with a royal habit and a royal
diadem, in allusion to whose fable there was seen over that diadem the
Chimera slain by him; having in his company the young Perseus, born from
Jove and Danae, with the usual head of Medusa in his hand, and the usual
knife at his flank; and with them was the above-named Epaphus, who had
as a cap the head of an African elephant. Hercules, the son of Jove and
Alcmena, with the customary lion's skin and the customary club, was seen
coming after them; and in his company he had Scythes, his brother
(although born from a different mother), the first inventor of bow and
arrows, on which account his hands and his flank were seen furnished
with these. After them were seen the two gracious Twins, Castor and
Pollux, riding with an air of no less beauty upon two milk-white and
spirited coursers, and dressed in military habit; each having upon the
helmet, one of which was dotted with eight stars and the other with ten,
a brilliant little flame as helmet-crest, in allusion to that salutary
light, now called S. Elmo's Fire, which is wont to appear to mariners as
a sign that the tempest has passed; the stars being intended to signify
how they were placed in Heaven by Jove as the sign of the Twins. Then
Justice was seen coming after these, a beautiful maiden, who was beating
with a stick and finally strangling a woman ugly and deformed, and in
her company were four of the Gods Penates, two male and two female,
these demonstrating--although in barbaric and extravagant dress, and
although they had on the head a pediment which, with the base turned
upwards, supported the heads of a young man and an old--by the gilded
chain with a heart attached that they had about the neck, and by their
long, ample, and pompous vestments, that they were persons of great
weight and of great and lofty counsel; which was done with much reason,
seeing that they were reputed by the ancient writers to be the
counsellors of Jove. After them were seen walking the two Palici, born
of Jove and Thaleia, adorned with draperies of tawny hue, and crowned
with various ears of corn, and each with an altar in the hand; and in
their company