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Band, the, (juirpa), 8 m, and 42 m.

Beauty as the supreme law of art, was a principle not
acknowledged in Greece before Phidias, and why,
41 and 42.

Bettelini, engraved the Bronzes of Siris, 2 note 3.

Breast-plate, of a colossal statue of Adrian, exhibits two
figures combating, and corresponding to those of
the Bronzes of Siris, 15 m and Plate IV.

Bronze is essentially the material of all the kinds of arms,
and of the most part of the utensils mentioned in
Homer, 44 b.

Bronzes of Siris, form and material of the, 1; originally
gilt, 1 ; fragments of a magnificent cuirass, which
must have been a Qd>paE, ett'lxpvctoq, 1 and 40; where
found, 2 and 40; what they represent, 2 ; analysis
of a fragment of one of them, ib. note 2; length
of the, 2; original breadth of one of them, ib.;
thickness of the plates, ib.; their weight, ib.; beat
out from the inner side (rr^vpiiXara), ib; drawn and
engraved, by whom, ib. note 3; lost parts of the,
3 a b; character of the, 4; probably the finest
relief in bronze now existing, 4; heroes in the,
how dressed, 4; Amazons in the, how dressed, ib.;
symmetry of the, 5 a b; their subordinate details
varied, ib.; peculiar grace of the feminine forms
in the, 5b; draperies in the, ib.; bucklers of the
Amazons in the, Gab; the, were ornamental cap-
sulse or masks, serving to cover narrow bands of
leather, by which the two yvaXa of the cuirass were
united, 14 m; attached by the means of a joint
above the two shoulders, 15 b; subject represented
on the, 16 and fol.; taken from the Mythos of
Penthesilea and her Amazons, 16 m; belong to
that style of art which has properly been termed
the beautiful style, 36 a; agree in a remarkable
manner with the notions, which the Ancients have
transmitted to us, on the character of the school
of Lysippos, 38 ,• were found in the vicinity of the
field of battle in which the Romans were defeated
by Pyrrhos, King of Epiros, 40.

Buckles, see Clasps.

Bust of Adrian, how decorated, 14 b and 15 a; of Vitellius,
15 a.

Cancellieri, quoted, 30, note 9.

Casting, in antique bronzes, 2 b.

Cinelli, quoted, 32 note 4.

XXalva cloak, not embroidered, in Homer, 44 m.

Clasps, or buckles, of the cuirass, how arranged, 13.

Colossal figures on the Quirinal at Rome, 5 b.

Colours, lively, the Greeks always liked them, 46 a.

Conon, quoted, 46 b.

Cuirass, the (Siopaty, place on it which the bronzes of Siris
occupied, 8 a,- suffered no important alteration
in its essential constitution, 8 b ; of linen cloth,
9 m and notes 12 and 13; Semi-, ripiSwpaKiov, said
to have been introduced by Alexander the Great,
9 m and note 13; the invention of it attributed by
Pollux to the Thessalian Jason, 9 m and note 14;
the large complete (Swpa£ crraTo?), 9 b; belonged
exclusively to the full equipment of a warrior of
rank, ib.; often seen in the works of sculpture,
ib. ; why called <rrdSiog or <rraroe, 10 a ; was
chiefly composed of two yvaXa, 10 a; 11a; StirXovg,
what, 11 note 7; was lined from the earliest times,
11 note 8 ; remarkable, of Agamemnon, 45 m.

Cuirasses of the archers among the figures from the pedi-
ments of the temple of iEgina, 12 a; 13 m ; of
busts of Adrian and Vitellius, how decorated, 14 b
and 15 a; of the Greeks, how they differ from
those of the Romans, 43 b.

Aa'iSaXa, in Homer, what, 44 m.

Dares, the Phrygian, quoted, 16 b; 19 a; 33 note 7.

Alfxas, what, 25 note 8.

Demeter, the black, see Onatas.

Dictys of Crete, quoted, 16 b; 19 m.

Diodoros, the Sicilian, quoted, 16 note 2.

Diomedes recognized by his coat of mail and shield, 9 a.

Eckhel, quoted, 46 b.

ETSoc and Sifiag, what, 25 note 8.

Elgin, Earl of, effect of his enterprizing spirit, 35 b.

THAo(, rivets, Gab; rEXoi xpvasioi on arms and other objects,

41 a.
'U/xiSrwpaKia (semi-cuirasses), said to have been introduced

by Alexander the Great, 9 m; not represented in

works of art, ib. b.
'Evtrai, in Homer, what, 13 a.
Epaminondas, his descent, how typified, 9 a.
'E7r(K:puvov, of the casque, what, 33 a.
'Emori/nov, symbol on the shield, 9 a (see Shield).
'E7r«T<£>upta, 8 a.
TH0oc, what, 6 note 1.
Euripides quoted, 21 m and note 6.
Eustathios quoted, 45 a; ib. m.
Exjiression, what, and how effected in the works of art of

the Greeks, Gab; the head is its principal seat,

7 m.

Faun, Barberini (now at Munich), 7 m; a bronze, at Naples,

ib.
Fibula;, of Roman figures in cuirass, how arranged, 13 b.
Freund, Professor, moulded the- breast plate from which
the outline of Plate IV was made, 15 note 8.

Ttiaaov, of the helmet, what, 33 m and note 1.

Gem, see Piombino-gem.

Girdle, the (Zohttvp, £wvrj, &c.) 8 m.

Grandioso, the, from what it results, 6 b and note 2.

Griffins, two, on the front border of a casque, 33 m ; singular
mistake of the restorer of these figures, observed
by Visconti, ib.

rvaXo6wpa£, what, 10 note 2; painted by Polygnotos in the
Lesche of Delphi, 11 m; Glaucos seated upon such
a piece of armour, 11 note 4; had at least three,
often four, buckles or clasps, 13 a; solemn costume
of a Roman Emperor, 43 ; the Roman, was longer
than that of the Greeks, 43 b.

FiiaAov of the cuirass, what, 10 a; 11 a; dorsal, fragment of
a, found in Greece, 15 6 and Plate V.

Hawkins, John, Esq. possessor of a beautiful bas-relief in
bronze, found in Epiros, 4 note 6.

Head, the, with respect to expression, 7m; of the hero in
Plate No. 1, entirely preserved, 7 b.

Heads of the statues from the pediments of the temple of
vEgina; see JEgina ; of the bas-reliefs of the
Phigaleian temple at Bassse without individual ex-
pression, and why, 42.

Hektor, a Lacedemonian youth bore an extraordinary re-
semblance to him, 23 m and note 3; his prowess
in the attack for conquering the body of Patroklos,
48; represented on the Piombino-gem, 50 b.

Helmet, the (icpovoc, koPvc, &c), 8 m ; (of Pyrrhos), from
which rose the horns of a he-goat, 9a; furnished
with the tusks of the wild boar, 9 a.

Hercules carried the young son of Telamon in his arms and
gave him the name A'/ae, 28 a and note 5 ; repre-
sented as vanquisher of a Centaur on the casque of
Ajax in the Pasquino and other groups. 33 a;
his intimate union with the father of Ajax, 34 m.

Hermann, G. quoted, lab and note 4.

Herodotos quoted, 9 note 12.

Hesychios quoted, 10 m.

Heyne quoted, 8 note 9; 10 note 2; ib. note 6; 11 note 7;
28 note 5; 34 note 8; 42 m ; 44 m.

Hippothoos, represented on the Piombino-gem as con-
triving to draw away the body of Patroklos by
means of a strap attached to one of the feet, 48 m
and 50 m.

Homer quoted, lb; 8 m; 8b; civilization in his time more
advanced than we are generally inclined to admit, ib.;


 
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