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object held up in this liand has been "broken away. A
mantle is wrapped round his hod}7, leaving the right arm
•and shoulder hare; he wears sandals. On the left are
three mortals, clad in Eoman military armour, who appear
to he approaching as if to consult the Oracle of Apollo,
and who, from the difference of stature, are probably a
father and two sons. Between them and the god are two
female figures, of colossal proportions, who stand to the
front, their heads turned towards Apollo. The one nearest
the god wears a talaric chiton with sleeves, over which is a
diploi'dion ; a peplos hangs from the back of her head down
her back. The other wears a talaric chiton and diploidion,
the back of which is brought up over her head like a veil.
She holds a box containing incense in her left hand. The}7
both wear a stepliane over the forehead. These two figures
are thought to be Latona and Diana, whose worship was
associated with that of Apollo. The relief is set in a recess
between two pilasters, and above it runs a kind of cornice,
which is apparently intended to represent the ornamental
faces of roof-tiles. This architectural frame to the relief
probably indicates the temple which contained the oracular
shrine. (Compare the frame of the relief in Welcker, Alte
Denkmaler, II., pi. ix. 15, p. 173.) On the base are the
remains of a dedication to Apollo, in elegiac verse.
Length 2 ft. 7| in. by 1 ft. 7f in. Presented by the Duke of Bedford
to Mr. Towneley, in 1805. Mus. Marbles, II., pi. 5; Ellis, T. G.,
II., p. 135 ; and for the inscription, C. I., Xo. 1,946. Cavaceppi,
Raccolta d' Antiche Statue, III., pi. 1. T.
(201.) Somnus [Hypnos] represented as a winged infant
reclining, asleep; in his right hand, poppies, the symbol of
the god of sleep. His head rests on an amphora, in the
mouth of which a pipe has been fixed. This aperture
shows that the statue served as a fountain. The water
gently flowing under the head of the figure is suggestive
object held up in this liand has been "broken away. A
mantle is wrapped round his hod}7, leaving the right arm
•and shoulder hare; he wears sandals. On the left are
three mortals, clad in Eoman military armour, who appear
to he approaching as if to consult the Oracle of Apollo,
and who, from the difference of stature, are probably a
father and two sons. Between them and the god are two
female figures, of colossal proportions, who stand to the
front, their heads turned towards Apollo. The one nearest
the god wears a talaric chiton with sleeves, over which is a
diploi'dion ; a peplos hangs from the back of her head down
her back. The other wears a talaric chiton and diploidion,
the back of which is brought up over her head like a veil.
She holds a box containing incense in her left hand. The}7
both wear a stepliane over the forehead. These two figures
are thought to be Latona and Diana, whose worship was
associated with that of Apollo. The relief is set in a recess
between two pilasters, and above it runs a kind of cornice,
which is apparently intended to represent the ornamental
faces of roof-tiles. This architectural frame to the relief
probably indicates the temple which contained the oracular
shrine. (Compare the frame of the relief in Welcker, Alte
Denkmaler, II., pi. ix. 15, p. 173.) On the base are the
remains of a dedication to Apollo, in elegiac verse.
Length 2 ft. 7| in. by 1 ft. 7f in. Presented by the Duke of Bedford
to Mr. Towneley, in 1805. Mus. Marbles, II., pi. 5; Ellis, T. G.,
II., p. 135 ; and for the inscription, C. I., Xo. 1,946. Cavaceppi,
Raccolta d' Antiche Statue, III., pi. 1. T.
(201.) Somnus [Hypnos] represented as a winged infant
reclining, asleep; in his right hand, poppies, the symbol of
the god of sleep. His head rests on an amphora, in the
mouth of which a pipe has been fixed. This aperture
shows that the statue served as a fountain. The water
gently flowing under the head of the figure is suggestive