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does not seem to have any claim to belong to one of the
pedimental figures of the Parthenon, as has been alleged.
(Gr. 7.) Owl: found on the Athenian Akropolis between
the Propylaea and the Parthenon, near the site of the
Temple of Artemis Brauronia. L. Boss (Annali of
Eoman Institute, xiii., pi. C, p. 25), supposes that this
owl was a votive offering which once surmounted a
column found near it, on which is inscribed the name of
Timotheos of the deme Anaphlystos. He remarks that
this owl is sculptured in a severe and archaic style. The
beak, legs, and lower part of the body are broken away.
The eyes are set very shallow, and their surface is injured.
The feathers of the wings are set in formal rows, and the
treatment throughout is characterised by an archaic
severity, as has been remarked by Boss. The feathers
have probably been painted.
Height, 2 feet 2 inches. Ross, Archaol. Aufsatze, I., pi. 14, fig. 3,
p. 205. Annali d. Inst. Arch. XIII., pi. C, p. 25. Friederichs,
Bausteine, p. 22, No. 13. Lebas, Voyage Archeologique en
Grece, pi. LXIL, fig. 3.
(G-. 8.) Group in relief. Pan and Echo? Pan is
represented with goat's legs, under which type he is.
usually called iEgipan. He is seated on a rock on the
left, with his legs crossed. The upper part of his body is
broken away, but the action of his left forearm, which
remains, indicates that he is playing on the syrinx or
Pan's pipe. Before him on the right stands a female
figure, enveloped from head to foot in an ample mantle
which covers the back of her head, one end passing round
in front of her neck over her left shoulder; both arms and
hands are muffled in drapery; her right hand is slightly
advanced in front of her right hip, her left hand rest
against her side above the left hip.
Height, 1 foot 11 inches; breadth, 1 foot 2 inches. Lebas, Voyage
Archeologique en Grece, pi. LIX.
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does not seem to have any claim to belong to one of the
pedimental figures of the Parthenon, as has been alleged.
(Gr. 7.) Owl: found on the Athenian Akropolis between
the Propylaea and the Parthenon, near the site of the
Temple of Artemis Brauronia. L. Boss (Annali of
Eoman Institute, xiii., pi. C, p. 25), supposes that this
owl was a votive offering which once surmounted a
column found near it, on which is inscribed the name of
Timotheos of the deme Anaphlystos. He remarks that
this owl is sculptured in a severe and archaic style. The
beak, legs, and lower part of the body are broken away.
The eyes are set very shallow, and their surface is injured.
The feathers of the wings are set in formal rows, and the
treatment throughout is characterised by an archaic
severity, as has been remarked by Boss. The feathers
have probably been painted.
Height, 2 feet 2 inches. Ross, Archaol. Aufsatze, I., pi. 14, fig. 3,
p. 205. Annali d. Inst. Arch. XIII., pi. C, p. 25. Friederichs,
Bausteine, p. 22, No. 13. Lebas, Voyage Archeologique en
Grece, pi. LXIL, fig. 3.
(G-. 8.) Group in relief. Pan and Echo? Pan is
represented with goat's legs, under which type he is.
usually called iEgipan. He is seated on a rock on the
left, with his legs crossed. The upper part of his body is
broken away, but the action of his left forearm, which
remains, indicates that he is playing on the syrinx or
Pan's pipe. Before him on the right stands a female
figure, enveloped from head to foot in an ample mantle
which covers the back of her head, one end passing round
in front of her neck over her left shoulder; both arms and
hands are muffled in drapery; her right hand is slightly
advanced in front of her right hip, her left hand rest
against her side above the left hip.
Height, 1 foot 11 inches; breadth, 1 foot 2 inches. Lebas, Voyage
Archeologique en Grece, pi. LIX.
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