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PLATE III.
HEAD OF MINERVA.
Head of Minerva, slightly inclined to the right. The hair,
parted in the middle, is drawn back from the temples, after the
manner usual in the representations of Minerva, and falls behind
the ears, upon the neck. This head has probably been taken from
a small statue of Minerva. The type of the helmet is of the kind
commonly called, from its constant occurrence on the coins of Co-
rinth, xguvog Kogtvdiovgyig; it has a vizor which could be raised or
lowered at pleasure, with holes for the eyes. At the sides of the
helmet are seen the two straps called o^s?s,(1) by which the helmet
was tied beneath the chin when the vizor was down. These
straps were made of leather, and were sometimes richly decorated
with embroidery or embossed ornaments. When the helmet was
raised, they appear to have been doubled up, in order to be out of
the way, and at the same time to prevent it from slipping down.
A similar arrangement of these straps may be seen on the helmet
of the supposed Ajax in the Museum of the Vatican, where the
broader part of the strap is ornamented with the device of an
animal.(2) This head was found near Rome.
The lower part of the nose and the fore part of the helmet have
been restored. Its material is Pentelic marble.
Its height, without the pedestal, is 1 foot 4 inches.
1 Iliad, iii. v. 372. Schol. ad Homer. II. iii. v. 372. See Eustathius, Comment, ad
Homeri Iliadem, 4to. 1827-30, p. 342, § 425—Sxtvg Se ov povov tiri /uoxXoii Ovpag, wg
aWaxpv, aXX iSov (cat ifiag 6 avvtKTiKog rrjg TrtpiKtfaXalag, anb rov £XHV "'ap'j'y-
fievog, oOsv Kat to tt]q aairtSog bxavog >' a^s0 °XE"?> 0 r'le nepacefaXa'iag l/idg.
Hesychius : 6 avvixmv Ka' ovafylyywv rrjv irtpiKz<pu\aidv.
2 Visconti, Museo Pio Clementino, torn, vi., tav. xviii. pp. 30-31.
HEAD OF MINERVA.
Head of Minerva, slightly inclined to the right. The hair,
parted in the middle, is drawn back from the temples, after the
manner usual in the representations of Minerva, and falls behind
the ears, upon the neck. This head has probably been taken from
a small statue of Minerva. The type of the helmet is of the kind
commonly called, from its constant occurrence on the coins of Co-
rinth, xguvog Kogtvdiovgyig; it has a vizor which could be raised or
lowered at pleasure, with holes for the eyes. At the sides of the
helmet are seen the two straps called o^s?s,(1) by which the helmet
was tied beneath the chin when the vizor was down. These
straps were made of leather, and were sometimes richly decorated
with embroidery or embossed ornaments. When the helmet was
raised, they appear to have been doubled up, in order to be out of
the way, and at the same time to prevent it from slipping down.
A similar arrangement of these straps may be seen on the helmet
of the supposed Ajax in the Museum of the Vatican, where the
broader part of the strap is ornamented with the device of an
animal.(2) This head was found near Rome.
The lower part of the nose and the fore part of the helmet have
been restored. Its material is Pentelic marble.
Its height, without the pedestal, is 1 foot 4 inches.
1 Iliad, iii. v. 372. Schol. ad Homer. II. iii. v. 372. See Eustathius, Comment, ad
Homeri Iliadem, 4to. 1827-30, p. 342, § 425—Sxtvg Se ov povov tiri /uoxXoii Ovpag, wg
aWaxpv, aXX iSov (cat ifiag 6 avvtKTiKog rrjg TrtpiKtfaXalag, anb rov £XHV "'ap'j'y-
fievog, oOsv Kat to tt]q aairtSog bxavog >' a^s0 °XE"?> 0 r'le nepacefaXa'iag l/idg.
Hesychius : 6 avvixmv Ka' ovafylyywv rrjv irtpiKz<pu\aidv.
2 Visconti, Museo Pio Clementino, torn, vi., tav. xviii. pp. 30-31.