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124 MARBLE SCULPTURE IN THE ROUND
of drill used in the Attic sculptures of the last quarter of the
sixth century is something new in the repertoire of sculptors’
tools. It is a large and heavy instrument that is used on all
possible occasions. With it were used, no doubt, a series of
smaller drills as well.1
The most notable example from outside Attica of sculp-
ture in which the same type of heavy drill is used as that seen
in the work of Antenor is the group known as Theseus and
Antiope, and the torso of Athena from the pediments of the
Temple of Apollo Daphnephoros at Eretria.
In the Athena the drill is used extensively on the drapery
on the left side of the figure, particularly for piercing under-
neath folds. The mouth of the Gorgon’s head on the Gor-
goneion is cleared by the drill at the corners and, incidentally,
it appears that the drill was used rather clumsily, for the side
of the Gorgon’s tongue is pierced with a drill-hole. The
drapery on the right arm also shows heavy drilling.
In the Theseus and Antiope marks of the drill can be seen
in the ears and also generally on the drapery.
The pedimental archaic figures of the kore type from the
Temple of Apollo at Delphi all alike show intensive use of a
very large drill. This strengthens the attribution made on
other grounds2 of these works to Antenor or his school.
The kore with transverse folds of drapery across the breast3
has every fold of drapery heavily underdrilled. In one there
are extant twelve large drill-holes of approximately this dia-
meter The holes are conical, suggesting that the drill
had a fairly sharp point. The diameter of the holes is almost
identical with those on the Antenor figure, and in no other
archaic kore yet discovered are similar holes found.
1 The central XL fold at the back of the Antenor kore has been hollowed
out with a smaller drill measuring 5 mm. in diameter. Three holes made by
it are clearly seen inside the fold.
2 Hinted but not stated by Poulsen, Delphi, p. 154.
3 La Sculpture grecque a Delphes (Picard et de la Coste-Messeliere, 1929)5
pi. xiv jright).
of drill used in the Attic sculptures of the last quarter of the
sixth century is something new in the repertoire of sculptors’
tools. It is a large and heavy instrument that is used on all
possible occasions. With it were used, no doubt, a series of
smaller drills as well.1
The most notable example from outside Attica of sculp-
ture in which the same type of heavy drill is used as that seen
in the work of Antenor is the group known as Theseus and
Antiope, and the torso of Athena from the pediments of the
Temple of Apollo Daphnephoros at Eretria.
In the Athena the drill is used extensively on the drapery
on the left side of the figure, particularly for piercing under-
neath folds. The mouth of the Gorgon’s head on the Gor-
goneion is cleared by the drill at the corners and, incidentally,
it appears that the drill was used rather clumsily, for the side
of the Gorgon’s tongue is pierced with a drill-hole. The
drapery on the right arm also shows heavy drilling.
In the Theseus and Antiope marks of the drill can be seen
in the ears and also generally on the drapery.
The pedimental archaic figures of the kore type from the
Temple of Apollo at Delphi all alike show intensive use of a
very large drill. This strengthens the attribution made on
other grounds2 of these works to Antenor or his school.
The kore with transverse folds of drapery across the breast3
has every fold of drapery heavily underdrilled. In one there
are extant twelve large drill-holes of approximately this dia-
meter The holes are conical, suggesting that the drill
had a fairly sharp point. The diameter of the holes is almost
identical with those on the Antenor figure, and in no other
archaic kore yet discovered are similar holes found.
1 The central XL fold at the back of the Antenor kore has been hollowed
out with a smaller drill measuring 5 mm. in diameter. Three holes made by
it are clearly seen inside the fold.
2 Hinted but not stated by Poulsen, Delphi, p. 154.
3 La Sculpture grecque a Delphes (Picard et de la Coste-Messeliere, 1929)5
pi. xiv jright).