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PLATE XXXIII.
MONUMENT OF XANTHIPPUS.
" A sepulchral monument of Xanthippus, who is represented as
an elderly man with a beard, sitting in a chair. He is naked
on the breast, but the remainder of the figure is covered with
drapery. In his right hand, which is extended forwards, he holds
a human foot. In this monument two female children are intro-
duced, the eldest of whom is standing before Xanthippus, and the
youngest is by his side and is gently supported by his left hand.
The eyes of both these children are directed upwards, and their
hands are likewise extended in the same direction towards Xan-
thippus. On the lower cornice of the pediment the word & AN -
0inn021 is engraved in old Greek characters. This marble
was brought from Athens by Dr. Askew, and is thus described
at the end of the sale catalogue of his collection of printed books.
Tabula marmorea anaglyphica exhibens Xantippum celeberrimum impe-
ratorem, qui Spartanas copias ad auxilium Carthaginiensium contra
Romanos duxit, et feliciter toties dimicavit. Exhibetur sedens, dextra ex-
terna porrigit pedem votivum scilicet piaculum Diis ob minus hac parte
corporis feliciter sanatum. Supra caput inscribitur ja?AN0IIIIIO2.
Alta tres fere pedes, lata unum cum dimidio.
It is not at all probable, that this marble, which was brought
from Athens, should have any connection with Xanthippus, the La-
cedsemonian general. It might be referred with more reason to
Xanthippus the Athenian, who was the father of Pericles, and who
commanded the Grecian fleet at the battle of Mycale. But the
PLATE XXXIII.
MONUMENT OF XANTHIPPUS.
" A sepulchral monument of Xanthippus, who is represented as
an elderly man with a beard, sitting in a chair. He is naked
on the breast, but the remainder of the figure is covered with
drapery. In his right hand, which is extended forwards, he holds
a human foot. In this monument two female children are intro-
duced, the eldest of whom is standing before Xanthippus, and the
youngest is by his side and is gently supported by his left hand.
The eyes of both these children are directed upwards, and their
hands are likewise extended in the same direction towards Xan-
thippus. On the lower cornice of the pediment the word & AN -
0inn021 is engraved in old Greek characters. This marble
was brought from Athens by Dr. Askew, and is thus described
at the end of the sale catalogue of his collection of printed books.
Tabula marmorea anaglyphica exhibens Xantippum celeberrimum impe-
ratorem, qui Spartanas copias ad auxilium Carthaginiensium contra
Romanos duxit, et feliciter toties dimicavit. Exhibetur sedens, dextra ex-
terna porrigit pedem votivum scilicet piaculum Diis ob minus hac parte
corporis feliciter sanatum. Supra caput inscribitur ja?AN0IIIIIO2.
Alta tres fere pedes, lata unum cum dimidio.
It is not at all probable, that this marble, which was brought
from Athens, should have any connection with Xanthippus, the La-
cedsemonian general. It might be referred with more reason to
Xanthippus the Athenian, who was the father of Pericles, and who
commanded the Grecian fleet at the battle of Mycale. But the