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described are those of an Amazon fallen on her back with
her head towards the lower edge of the shield and with
both her hands over her head, and another Amazon, also
fallen on her back, along the lower edge of the shield.
From the manner in which the rest of the figure corre-
sponds to the ancient description of the chryselephantine
statue, it has been assumed, that some indication of what
Pheidias sculptured on the base would not be omitted.
The subject of this composition was the Birth of Pandora,
and the rude outlines of figures in relief on the base of
the statuette may be intended to represent the original
sculpture. The original of this statuette is at Athens,
and was found there West of the Pnyx. (Fr. Lenormant,
Gazette des Beaux-Arts, 1860, p. 133; Michaelis, pi. 15,
No. 1, and p. 27?.)
described are those of an Amazon fallen on her back with
her head towards the lower edge of the shield and with
both her hands over her head, and another Amazon, also
fallen on her back, along the lower edge of the shield.
From the manner in which the rest of the figure corre-
sponds to the ancient description of the chryselephantine
statue, it has been assumed, that some indication of what
Pheidias sculptured on the base would not be omitted.
The subject of this composition was the Birth of Pandora,
and the rude outlines of figures in relief on the base of
the statuette may be intended to represent the original
sculpture. The original of this statuette is at Athens,
and was found there West of the Pnyx. (Fr. Lenormant,
Gazette des Beaux-Arts, 1860, p. 133; Michaelis, pi. 15,
No. 1, and p. 27?.)