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have lions' bodies and faces : their necks resemble the necks
of horses; on .their heads between the ears is a long-
horn, bent back and curved at the end. Below is an in-
scription which declares this to be the chair of the priest
of Dionysos Eleuthereus. The special distinction of his
seat is marked not only by its central position, but also
by the fact that no other seat in the theatre has arms.
This cast and the one next described were presented by Miss Winifred
Wyse, 1864. Harrison, No. 617.
(Gr. 2.) One of the chairs which, as the inscriptions on
the front show, were set apart for the ten Athenian chief
magistrates called strategi. This is sculptured out of a
block of marble in very low relief in the form of a chair,
such as were in use in Greek households, and such as
we see in vase pictures.
(Gr. 3.) Female head, of which the original is at Athens.
It was discovered in 1837, close to an ancient tomb at
the end of the modern Hermes Street at Athens, which
was once part of the inner Kerameikos. This head is-
in a very fine style. The back of the head has been
supplied by another piece of marble, for which a smooth
joint is cut. Close to this head was found a draped
female torso, similar in scale : it has been asserted that the
head belongs to this torso, and they have been accordingly
united. But the combination is not pleasing to the eyer
and L. Boss, in his first account of this discovery (Archaol.
Aufstitze, I. p. 148), was of opinion that the head and the
torso did not belong to each other, though he afterwards
retracts this opinion {ibid., p. 149,) and in his Blates XII.,
XIII., ibid., engraves the head on the torso.
Height, 1 foot 65 inches.
(Gr. 4.) Female head found in 1846 in a magazine of
the Bibliotheque Boyale, Baris, without record of its
provenance. At the time of the discovery and since then
have lions' bodies and faces : their necks resemble the necks
of horses; on .their heads between the ears is a long-
horn, bent back and curved at the end. Below is an in-
scription which declares this to be the chair of the priest
of Dionysos Eleuthereus. The special distinction of his
seat is marked not only by its central position, but also
by the fact that no other seat in the theatre has arms.
This cast and the one next described were presented by Miss Winifred
Wyse, 1864. Harrison, No. 617.
(Gr. 2.) One of the chairs which, as the inscriptions on
the front show, were set apart for the ten Athenian chief
magistrates called strategi. This is sculptured out of a
block of marble in very low relief in the form of a chair,
such as were in use in Greek households, and such as
we see in vase pictures.
(Gr. 3.) Female head, of which the original is at Athens.
It was discovered in 1837, close to an ancient tomb at
the end of the modern Hermes Street at Athens, which
was once part of the inner Kerameikos. This head is-
in a very fine style. The back of the head has been
supplied by another piece of marble, for which a smooth
joint is cut. Close to this head was found a draped
female torso, similar in scale : it has been asserted that the
head belongs to this torso, and they have been accordingly
united. But the combination is not pleasing to the eyer
and L. Boss, in his first account of this discovery (Archaol.
Aufstitze, I. p. 148), was of opinion that the head and the
torso did not belong to each other, though he afterwards
retracts this opinion {ibid., p. 149,) and in his Blates XII.,
XIII., ibid., engraves the head on the torso.
Height, 1 foot 65 inches.
(Gr. 4.) Female head found in 1846 in a magazine of
the Bibliotheque Boyale, Baris, without record of its
provenance. At the time of the discovery and since then