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inscribed with their names, represents those personages engaged
in the chariot race at Olympia, a subject, as we know, of frequent
occurrence6 in ancient art. There is a general similarity of de-
sign, and, both on the vase and the Terra cotta, Pelops, in allusion
to his Asiatic origin, wears a Phrygian cap, and Hippodamia a
veil, as they are described by the Philostrati,7 and as they appear
on other ancient monuments.
If this explanation of the figures on the Terra cotta be admitted,
it is very possible that the two heads under consideration may
be a fragment from a composition representing this chariot race.
The countenance of the male figure wears a keen expression
which reminds us of the portrait of Pelops in the description of
the first scene of this contest by Philostratus Jun.8 ojxfia ft avT<£
yopyov ical avyr\v aveaTiiiccoQ to rrjg yvoji^Q stoi/jlov iXiy^zi. r\ re
6(j)pvg virspatpovcra drjXoZ Kara^povelaQai top Olvojiaov vivo tov
j-ieipaKiov. His head attire, perhaps in consequence of the extreme
corrosion of the marble, has rather the shape and appearance of a
Hippodamia on a vase published by Ritschl, Annal. dell' Inst. Arch. p. 171, tav.
d'Agga. N, now in the Museum, and also inscribed with their names.
6 The scene at or immediately before the moment of starting, was represented on
the vases already cited from Inghirami and the Annal. dell' Inst., in the picture des-
cribed by Philostrat. Jun. Icon, ix, and in the groups of the pediment of the temple of
Jupiter at Olympia, as described by Pausanias, v. 10. The actual race was repre-
sented on the chest of Cypselus, Pausan. v. 17, 7, and on a vase, published by Gerhard,
Nouvelles Annales publiees par la section Francaise de l'lnstitut. i. pi. 5. and in the
Abhandlungen der konigl. Akademie zu Berlin, 1838. The final issue of the contest
in which (Enomaus was thrown to the ground forms the subject of several extant
monuments, see Guattani, Mon. Ined. a. 1785, tav. 3, p. viii. and others quoted by
Miiller, Archaologie der Kunst, p. 652. This period of the tale was also repre-
sented on the embroidered garment of Jason, Apollon. Rhod. 1, 752, and on a picture,
Philostrat. Sen. 1, 17- Of these three scenes, the group to which the heads under
consideration belonged, probably represented the second.
7 Philostr. Sen. loc. cit. taTaXrat Be 6 plv rbv AvStov te ko.1 a(5pbv rpoirov, i)AtKtav
te Kal wpav e'xwv, ?) 8' toraXrai rbv yafiitcbv Tpoirov, apri rrjv Trapeiav avaKaXinrrovGa, —
and Philostr. Jun. loc. cit. says of the head-dress of Pelops vw' opSfj Tiapu. ku\ AvSiq
inscribed with their names, represents those personages engaged
in the chariot race at Olympia, a subject, as we know, of frequent
occurrence6 in ancient art. There is a general similarity of de-
sign, and, both on the vase and the Terra cotta, Pelops, in allusion
to his Asiatic origin, wears a Phrygian cap, and Hippodamia a
veil, as they are described by the Philostrati,7 and as they appear
on other ancient monuments.
If this explanation of the figures on the Terra cotta be admitted,
it is very possible that the two heads under consideration may
be a fragment from a composition representing this chariot race.
The countenance of the male figure wears a keen expression
which reminds us of the portrait of Pelops in the description of
the first scene of this contest by Philostratus Jun.8 ojxfia ft avT<£
yopyov ical avyr\v aveaTiiiccoQ to rrjg yvoji^Q stoi/jlov iXiy^zi. r\ re
6(j)pvg virspatpovcra drjXoZ Kara^povelaQai top Olvojiaov vivo tov
j-ieipaKiov. His head attire, perhaps in consequence of the extreme
corrosion of the marble, has rather the shape and appearance of a
Hippodamia on a vase published by Ritschl, Annal. dell' Inst. Arch. p. 171, tav.
d'Agga. N, now in the Museum, and also inscribed with their names.
6 The scene at or immediately before the moment of starting, was represented on
the vases already cited from Inghirami and the Annal. dell' Inst., in the picture des-
cribed by Philostrat. Jun. Icon, ix, and in the groups of the pediment of the temple of
Jupiter at Olympia, as described by Pausanias, v. 10. The actual race was repre-
sented on the chest of Cypselus, Pausan. v. 17, 7, and on a vase, published by Gerhard,
Nouvelles Annales publiees par la section Francaise de l'lnstitut. i. pi. 5. and in the
Abhandlungen der konigl. Akademie zu Berlin, 1838. The final issue of the contest
in which (Enomaus was thrown to the ground forms the subject of several extant
monuments, see Guattani, Mon. Ined. a. 1785, tav. 3, p. viii. and others quoted by
Miiller, Archaologie der Kunst, p. 652. This period of the tale was also repre-
sented on the embroidered garment of Jason, Apollon. Rhod. 1, 752, and on a picture,
Philostrat. Sen. 1, 17- Of these three scenes, the group to which the heads under
consideration belonged, probably represented the second.
7 Philostr. Sen. loc. cit. taTaXrat Be 6 plv rbv AvStov te ko.1 a(5pbv rpoirov, i)AtKtav
te Kal wpav e'xwv, ?) 8' toraXrai rbv yafiitcbv Tpoirov, apri rrjv Trapeiav avaKaXinrrovGa, —
and Philostr. Jun. loc. cit. says of the head-dress of Pelops vw' opSfj Tiapu. ku\ AvSiq