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and the ground at the Southern base of the Akropolis
between the theatre of Dionysos and the Odeion of Herodes
Atticus has been explored, which exploration has led to
the discovery of the temple of Asklepios. (See Mitthei-
lungen des deutschon Institutes in Athen, II., pi. 13,
p. 171, and p. 229 : Bulletin de Correspondance Ilellenique,
II., pi. 23, p. 584.) Presented by Professor Micliaelis.
H.—SCULPTURES FROM EPHESUS
(H. 1.) Sculptured drum from a column of the Arte-
mision.
The principal figure is Hermes, who stands turned to
the left; in his right hand is a caduceus (Jcerykeion) ; his
left hand rests upon his left hip, with the arm akimbo :
his chlamys has fallen from his left shoulder, covering the
left hand and forearm and the lower part of the upper
arm. One end of the chlamys hangs down as low as the
left heel: the circular fibula by which it has been fastened
on the shoulder is attached to it. His jpetasos hangs at the
back of his head aud neck. The head of this figure is
thrown back; the weight of his body falls on the right leg ;
the left knee is bent; his feet are naked, without talaria.
He looks towards a draped female figure who stands on
the left; her head, now broken away, was probably
turned towards him. She wears a talaric clriton with
sleeves, over which is a mantle, one end of which she draws
across her body with her right hand. Her right forearm
crosses her body below the breasts, nearly at right angles to
the upper arm. The left arm, now broken away above
the elbow, has been bent; the hand must have been
raised to the level of her neck, and must have been
drawing upwards a fold of her mantle, one end of which
falls over the left shoulder and upper arm and down the
left side to below the knee. On her feet are sandals with
E 2
and the ground at the Southern base of the Akropolis
between the theatre of Dionysos and the Odeion of Herodes
Atticus has been explored, which exploration has led to
the discovery of the temple of Asklepios. (See Mitthei-
lungen des deutschon Institutes in Athen, II., pi. 13,
p. 171, and p. 229 : Bulletin de Correspondance Ilellenique,
II., pi. 23, p. 584.) Presented by Professor Micliaelis.
H.—SCULPTURES FROM EPHESUS
(H. 1.) Sculptured drum from a column of the Arte-
mision.
The principal figure is Hermes, who stands turned to
the left; in his right hand is a caduceus (Jcerykeion) ; his
left hand rests upon his left hip, with the arm akimbo :
his chlamys has fallen from his left shoulder, covering the
left hand and forearm and the lower part of the upper
arm. One end of the chlamys hangs down as low as the
left heel: the circular fibula by which it has been fastened
on the shoulder is attached to it. His jpetasos hangs at the
back of his head aud neck. The head of this figure is
thrown back; the weight of his body falls on the right leg ;
the left knee is bent; his feet are naked, without talaria.
He looks towards a draped female figure who stands on
the left; her head, now broken away, was probably
turned towards him. She wears a talaric clriton with
sleeves, over which is a mantle, one end of which she draws
across her body with her right hand. Her right forearm
crosses her body below the breasts, nearly at right angles to
the upper arm. The left arm, now broken away above
the elbow, has been bent; the hand must have been
raised to the level of her neck, and must have been
drawing upwards a fold of her mantle, one end of which
falls over the left shoulder and upper arm and down the
left side to below the knee. On her feet are sandals with
E 2