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appears to have been bearded. This figure looks on
at the destruction of the pirates, which is represented in
a series of groups on the left, and which we must suppose
to have taken place on a rocky shore overlooked by the
higher ground on which Dionysos reclines.
(D. 3.) The next group on the left represents a pirate
thrown on his hands and knees upon the rocks. On his
back kneels a Satyr whose right arm is upraised to strike
his prostrate foe with some weapon which is not clearly
shown in the relief, but which was probably a thyrsos.
On the right another Satyr advances, holding in both
hands a lighted torch with which he is about to assail the
fallen pirate. This Satyr is naked and bearded : his head
is encircled with a diadem; his left foot and ankle, and
his right shoulder are broken away; the rest of the figure
is fairly preserved all but the face. The Satyr kneeling
on the pirate has a panther's skin floating in the air at his
back: his body is well preserved as far as the hips,
between which is a break in the marble, filled up in the
cast by a lump of plaster which extends from the pelvis to
the inside of the right ankle. The body of the pirate
and the features both of the pirate and of his adversary
have been preserved; their eyes are deep-set, the eyebrows
converging to a point over the nose.
(D. 4.) Next on the left is a Satyr moving to the right
but looking back at a pirate on his left, who kneels with
his hands tied behind him. The Satyr holding with both
hands his thyrsos in a slanting direction with the top
downwards, aims a blow at the pirate, who looks round at
him in helpless terror. A panther's skin hanging from
the left shoulder of the Satyr floats in the air at his back.
He is bearded, his features are defaced, the rest of his body
is in fair preservation : the pirate is beardless, his face
and body are fairly preserved.
(D. 5.) The next figure on the left is a Satyr, who turns
appears to have been bearded. This figure looks on
at the destruction of the pirates, which is represented in
a series of groups on the left, and which we must suppose
to have taken place on a rocky shore overlooked by the
higher ground on which Dionysos reclines.
(D. 3.) The next group on the left represents a pirate
thrown on his hands and knees upon the rocks. On his
back kneels a Satyr whose right arm is upraised to strike
his prostrate foe with some weapon which is not clearly
shown in the relief, but which was probably a thyrsos.
On the right another Satyr advances, holding in both
hands a lighted torch with which he is about to assail the
fallen pirate. This Satyr is naked and bearded : his head
is encircled with a diadem; his left foot and ankle, and
his right shoulder are broken away; the rest of the figure
is fairly preserved all but the face. The Satyr kneeling
on the pirate has a panther's skin floating in the air at his
back: his body is well preserved as far as the hips,
between which is a break in the marble, filled up in the
cast by a lump of plaster which extends from the pelvis to
the inside of the right ankle. The body of the pirate
and the features both of the pirate and of his adversary
have been preserved; their eyes are deep-set, the eyebrows
converging to a point over the nose.
(D. 4.) Next on the left is a Satyr moving to the right
but looking back at a pirate on his left, who kneels with
his hands tied behind him. The Satyr holding with both
hands his thyrsos in a slanting direction with the top
downwards, aims a blow at the pirate, who looks round at
him in helpless terror. A panther's skin hanging from
the left shoulder of the Satyr floats in the air at his back.
He is bearded, his features are defaced, the rest of his body
is in fair preservation : the pirate is beardless, his face
and body are fairly preserved.
(D. 5.) The next figure on the left is a Satyr, who turns