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to the front, the right knee slightly tent, as if about to move
to the right. The body is clad in a talaric chiton girt at
the waist. The forms are youthful.
Height, 7f inches ; breadth, 6 inches. Athens. Inwood Collection.
(F. 13.) Helmeted head in profile to the right; broken
from a relief. Above the helmet is what appears to be part
of a horse's tail.
Height, 7 inches. Inwood Collection.
(F. 14.) Female head to the front, apparently broken
from a relief, perhaps from a metope of the Parthenon.
The features are those of a young girl. The hair is
waved. Obtained at Athens in 1848 by the late M.
Charles Lenormant.
Height, 7 inches.
(F. 15.) Female torso from the neck down to the waist.
The dress is a chiton fastened on each shoulder; on the
back remains part of the tresses in which her hair has
been arranged.
Height, 1 foot 3 inches. Synopsis, No. 146 (281). E.
(F. 16.) Left breast and part of left side of female
figure wearing a chiton girt at the waist.
Height, 1 foo 3| inches. Synopsis, No. 144 (277). E.
G.—CASTS (MISCELLANEOUS).
(G. 1.) Chair of the priest of Dionysos Eleuthereus at
Athens.
The theatre of Dionysos, in which this chair was found,
was first laid bare by the German architect Strack in 1862
(Arch. Zeit. 1862, p. 327.) The two lower ranges of seats
bore inscriptions which showed that they were reserved
for various official dignitaries, among whom were the ten
strategi, and the priests and the priestesses of various
Athenian temples. The right of sitting in the front rows
of theatres, proedria, was reserved generally in Greek citi s
to the right. The body is clad in a talaric chiton girt at
the waist. The forms are youthful.
Height, 7f inches ; breadth, 6 inches. Athens. Inwood Collection.
(F. 13.) Helmeted head in profile to the right; broken
from a relief. Above the helmet is what appears to be part
of a horse's tail.
Height, 7 inches. Inwood Collection.
(F. 14.) Female head to the front, apparently broken
from a relief, perhaps from a metope of the Parthenon.
The features are those of a young girl. The hair is
waved. Obtained at Athens in 1848 by the late M.
Charles Lenormant.
Height, 7 inches.
(F. 15.) Female torso from the neck down to the waist.
The dress is a chiton fastened on each shoulder; on the
back remains part of the tresses in which her hair has
been arranged.
Height, 1 foot 3 inches. Synopsis, No. 146 (281). E.
(F. 16.) Left breast and part of left side of female
figure wearing a chiton girt at the waist.
Height, 1 foo 3| inches. Synopsis, No. 144 (277). E.
G.—CASTS (MISCELLANEOUS).
(G. 1.) Chair of the priest of Dionysos Eleuthereus at
Athens.
The theatre of Dionysos, in which this chair was found,
was first laid bare by the German architect Strack in 1862
(Arch. Zeit. 1862, p. 327.) The two lower ranges of seats
bore inscriptions which showed that they were reserved
for various official dignitaries, among whom were the ten
strategi, and the priests and the priestesses of various
Athenian temples. The right of sitting in the front rows
of theatres, proedria, was reserved generally in Greek citi s