Burrow, Edward John: The Elgin Marbles: With an abridged historical and topographical account of Athens (London, 1837)

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tion; but his companion is nearly reduced to
the amorphous state in which his substance
first existed in the quarry; and retains nothing
worthy of remark, except a flatness and rough-
ness of the stone produced by the chisel, which
testify that the upper part of his neck was
either in contact, or connected with another
inner horse, or more probably with the tym-
panum itself*.

The determined courage which is conspi-
cuous in the position of the head, and the
distention of the nostrils, in the resistance of
the orbicular muscle of the mouth to the com-
pression of the bit, and in the very intelligible
position of the ears ;—the fresh ardour which
is expressed, is most consistent with the cha-
racter of those fiery steeds which disdained to
submit to the youthful and inexperienced
hand of Phaeton. There is much truth and
sentiment to be traced even in the corroded
and broken parts. The mane, for instance, is
not perfectly erect, according to the usual dis-

* The car of the Sun is usually described as drawn by four
horses, Eous, Pyrois, iEthon, and Phlegon; but a beautiful
statue of the Villa Pinciana represents the god accompanied by
two only of his stud.