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The groom that led the horse and his rider was the Thanatis or Fate that had inflicted the death-blow; and the figure with the hammer was probably intended for the Mantus the Etruscan Dispater who led the way to another state of existence. The deep-red colour of the human figures indicated not only that they belonged to the male sex, but also that they were in a state of glorification.
"Ille etiam patriis agmen ciet Ocnus ab oris Fatidicæ Mantûs et Tusci filius amnis, Qui muros matrisque dedit tibi. Mantua nomen." Ocnus was next, who led his native train Of hardy warriors thro' the wat'ry plain, The son of Manto by the Tuscan stream, From whence the Mantuan town derives its name.
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