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he is biting. His form is spare and sinewy and Iris
countenance has a malicious expression. The hand of the
bitten adversary grasps an astragalus, and two more of
these knuckle-bones lie on the ground. The dress of the
boy is similar to that of slaves, a loose chiton of a coarse
material with short sleeves; the right arm is drawn out
of the sleeve. This kind of garment was called exomis, or
lietcro-maschalos. The loss of the companion figure in this
group is greatly to be regretted, as what remains is
modelled with great vigour, and the incident of the
quarrel is told with a dramatic force which suggests the
idea that this may be an original Greek work. The
drapery seems more carefully studied on the right side,
which makes it probable that this was the front of the
group. Pliny mentions a group of two boys playing with
astragali by Polycletus, as being in his time in the Palace
of Titus. From the coincidence that this figure was found
in the Baths of Titus in the time of Urban VIIL, it was
formerly thought to be a copy of the work of Polycletus;
but it is clearly of a much later date, and may be ascribed
to the naturalistic school of the Macedonian period. Kesto-
rations : left arm, wrist of right arm, both feet, tip of nose,
arm of adversary to wrist, and all the base except a small
part underneath the body.
Ht., 2 ft., including base, 2 ft. oh in.; length 2 ft. llf in.; width
1 ft. 8| in. It was purchased by Mr. Towneley from the Bar-
berini Palace, in 1768. Mus. Marbles, II., pi. 31. Ellis, T. G.,
I., p. 304. Michaelis, Archaol. Zeitung, 1867, p. 102. T.
(187.) Head of Atys; the bust restored.—It has also
been called Adonis, but the pensive expression of the
countenance, and the ver}T feminine character of the
features, mahe the attribution to Atys more probable.
The head-dress is a variety of the Phrygian cap, having
on each side a strap fastened by a string over the top of
he is biting. His form is spare and sinewy and Iris
countenance has a malicious expression. The hand of the
bitten adversary grasps an astragalus, and two more of
these knuckle-bones lie on the ground. The dress of the
boy is similar to that of slaves, a loose chiton of a coarse
material with short sleeves; the right arm is drawn out
of the sleeve. This kind of garment was called exomis, or
lietcro-maschalos. The loss of the companion figure in this
group is greatly to be regretted, as what remains is
modelled with great vigour, and the incident of the
quarrel is told with a dramatic force which suggests the
idea that this may be an original Greek work. The
drapery seems more carefully studied on the right side,
which makes it probable that this was the front of the
group. Pliny mentions a group of two boys playing with
astragali by Polycletus, as being in his time in the Palace
of Titus. From the coincidence that this figure was found
in the Baths of Titus in the time of Urban VIIL, it was
formerly thought to be a copy of the work of Polycletus;
but it is clearly of a much later date, and may be ascribed
to the naturalistic school of the Macedonian period. Kesto-
rations : left arm, wrist of right arm, both feet, tip of nose,
arm of adversary to wrist, and all the base except a small
part underneath the body.
Ht., 2 ft., including base, 2 ft. oh in.; length 2 ft. llf in.; width
1 ft. 8| in. It was purchased by Mr. Towneley from the Bar-
berini Palace, in 1768. Mus. Marbles, II., pi. 31. Ellis, T. G.,
I., p. 304. Michaelis, Archaol. Zeitung, 1867, p. 102. T.
(187.) Head of Atys; the bust restored.—It has also
been called Adonis, but the pensive expression of the
countenance, and the ver}T feminine character of the
features, mahe the attribution to Atys more probable.
The head-dress is a variety of the Phrygian cap, having
on each side a strap fastened by a string over the top of