Burrow, Edward John: The Elgin marbles: with an abridged historical and topographical account of Athens (Band 1): Illustrated with forty plates (London, 1817)

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these latter are not in a style at all com-
parable with that of the figure rising from
them, nor indeed are they true to nature:
—any such body as the god's, suddenly pass-
ing through the water, would occasion bo\d9
concentric, circles to spread around, and not
straight rows of formal ripples.

The muscles denote great strength and con-
siderable exertion, and from the length of the
os humeri they would belong to a statue about
eight feet high, were it entirely visible. It is
chiefly from the robust appearance of the
frame that we conceive the figure to be that
of Hyperion, rather than of Helion, his son,
who probably partook of the ever-blooming
youth of Apollo, with whom he is so frequently
confounded. The extreme length of the block
is 4'—1", and the width across the upper part
of the arras %—4".

The horses of the Titan are carved from a
separate piece of marble ; but the imitation
of waves, with the same defect in the execu-
tion, is continued on the base behind their
necks. The off horse, to use a technical and
expressive term, is in very tolerable preserva-