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of the Satyr hangs his panther's skin. He is bearded; his
face, right thigh and leg are much injured: the rest of the
figure is in fair condition. The face of the pirate is nearly
destroyed, but his body is better preserved. The last
group on the right is composed of a Satyr darting forward
with a lighted torch, which he is about to apply to a
pirate seated on a rock with his hands tied behind his back.
A large serpent behind the pirate has fastened its fangs on
his right shoulder, and has one coil between his right arm
and his back. The pirate's body is turned to the right: he
looks round in agony towards his assailant. The Satyr holds
out the lighted torch with both hands, directing the flame
against the pirate's head: his face is broken away, his
body in good condition. Of the head of the pirate the
right side only remains; his right thigh and leg, and the
lower part of his left leg, have been broken away. The
figure is otherwise in good condition.
Mus. Marbles, IX., pll. 22-26. Ellis, E. M., II., p. 76, Nos. 352-360
Stuart, I., ch. IV., pll. 23-30; Friederichs, Bausteine, p. 277,
and for the dedicatory inscription, C. I. No. 221.
E.—STATUES.
(E. 1.) Asklepios (iEsculapius) ? A male draped torso
broken off at the knees; the right arm is wanting from
below the shoulder, where it has been fitted with a joint;
the left is entirely concealed in the mantle, which
garment is thrown over the left shoulder, and carried
round the back, crossing the front of the body below the
chest, which, with the right shoulder, is bare. His left
arm is placed akimbo. The drapery is well arranged and
its composition would be suitable to a figure of Asklepios,
an attribution which was probably originally suggested
by the fact that this torso was obtained by Lord Elgin
from the neighbourhood of Epidauros. Two small
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of the Satyr hangs his panther's skin. He is bearded; his
face, right thigh and leg are much injured: the rest of the
figure is in fair condition. The face of the pirate is nearly
destroyed, but his body is better preserved. The last
group on the right is composed of a Satyr darting forward
with a lighted torch, which he is about to apply to a
pirate seated on a rock with his hands tied behind his back.
A large serpent behind the pirate has fastened its fangs on
his right shoulder, and has one coil between his right arm
and his back. The pirate's body is turned to the right: he
looks round in agony towards his assailant. The Satyr holds
out the lighted torch with both hands, directing the flame
against the pirate's head: his face is broken away, his
body in good condition. Of the head of the pirate the
right side only remains; his right thigh and leg, and the
lower part of his left leg, have been broken away. The
figure is otherwise in good condition.
Mus. Marbles, IX., pll. 22-26. Ellis, E. M., II., p. 76, Nos. 352-360
Stuart, I., ch. IV., pll. 23-30; Friederichs, Bausteine, p. 277,
and for the dedicatory inscription, C. I. No. 221.
E.—STATUES.
(E. 1.) Asklepios (iEsculapius) ? A male draped torso
broken off at the knees; the right arm is wanting from
below the shoulder, where it has been fitted with a joint;
the left is entirely concealed in the mantle, which
garment is thrown over the left shoulder, and carried
round the back, crossing the front of the body below the
chest, which, with the right shoulder, is bare. His left
arm is placed akimbo. The drapery is well arranged and
its composition would be suitable to a figure of Asklepios,
an attribution which was probably originally suggested
by the fact that this torso was obtained by Lord Elgin
from the neighbourhood of Epidauros. Two small
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