British Museum <London> / Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities [Hrsg.]: Græco-roman sculptures (London, 1874)

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(184.) Youthful Satyr.—The ears are pointed; on the
right side of the head and over the forehead are two pro-
jections, which have probably formed the supports of the
right arm, now broken off. The hair has been encircled
by a diadem and a wreath of ivy, of which only traces
remain. The body is entirely naked, the right arm has
been raised, the head looks downwards to the right. As
the right arm is wanting from the shoulder, and the left
from below the elbow, the original motive of this figure
cannot be determined; it seems probable, however, that
the right hand held an omocAoc, and was pouring wine
into a held in the left hand. On Greek fictile
vases, a Satyr frequently appears engaged in this particular
action, and is occasionally designated by the name Oinos,
" Wine." This figure has not the usual wiry type of the
Satyr, and the forms present something of the androgynous
character of the youthful Dionysos : this is also observable
in the representations of Pan on the later Greek vases.
Vase Catalogue, Nos. 1,434, 1,681.)
Ht. 4 ft. in. This statue was found at Antium, with four other
similar figures, ail of which passed into the Augusteum at
casts, in 1838. Mus. Marbles, XI., pi. 40. Caldesi, Xo. 32.
(185.) Venus (Aphrodite).—This figure is nude all but
the left leg and thigh, to which drapery, held up by the
pressure of the thighs, is still clinging; the head, which is
slightly inclined forward, looking to the right, is bound with
a diadem wound three times round it; on the feet are sandals;
the arms are modern from a little below the shoulders, and
there is no authority for their present action. As the
marble presents a slight projection on the right side of the
chin, Combe thought it probable that the left hand was
raised to the face and supported by this projection. He
supposed that the right arm was held across the body a
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