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Before the temple of Ceres, in an open and an uncovered place, there are two statues, one
of Ceres, the other of Triptolemus, very
beautiful, and of colossal size. Their beauty was their danger, but their size their
safety, because the taking of them down and carrying them off appeared very
difficult. But in the right hand of Ceres
there stood a beautifully wrought image of Victory, and this he had wrenched out of
the hand of Ceres and carried off.
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