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Appendix G

to ovs Xeyeiv, k.t.X. See further O. Hofer in Roscher Lex. Myth. iii. 3198 f. The
genesis of the hero Psithyros at Athens (Hesych. s.v. yfndvpa) and of the god
Psithyros at Lindos (F. Hiller von Gaertringen in the Jahrb. d. kais. deutsch.
arch. hist. 1904 xix Arch. Anz. p. 185 f, H. Usener in the Rhein. Mus. 1904 lix.
623 f. ( = id. Kleine Schriften Leipzig—Berlin 1913 iv. 467 ft.) in an inscription
of early imperial date found by R. F. Kinch near the north angle of the temple
of Athena : tcc ^idvpa> vrjbv Trdhvutlova revt-e SeXeuxo? k.t.X.) appears to have
resembled that of Eros himself; the whispered prayer of the worshipper (S. Sud-
haus ' Lautes und leises Beten' in the Archiv f. Rel. 1906 ix. 185—200), like the
heartfelt desire of the deity, was projected in visible form).

Similarly a metope from the north side of the Parthenon (slab no. xxv) shows
a diminutive Eros stepping down from behind the shoulder of Aphrodite towards
Menelaos, who on the adjoining metope (slab no. xxiv) drops his sword at the
sight of Helene clinging to the Palladion (A. Michaelis Der Parthenoji Leipzig
1870 p. 139 Atlas pi. 4, Friederichs—Wolters Gipsabgiisse p. 265 no. 590, Over-
beck Gr. Plastik1 i. 424 n.*, A. S. Murray The Sculptures of the Parthenon
London 1903 p. 79 (misleading) pi. 12, 25 as drawn by Carrey, A. H. Smith The
Sculptures of the Parthenon London 1910 p. 42 fig. 81 photographic view of
metope in situ, ib. fig. 82 photograph of Eros from the cast at Berlin, C. Prasch-

niker ' Die Metopen der Nordostecke des Parthenon' in the Jahresh. d. oest.
arch. Inst. 1911 xiv. 149 fig. 136 photograph, M. Collignon Le Parthe'no?t Paris
1912 p. 29 pi. 39, 25 photograph. In this familiar scene (literary and monumental
evidence in Overbeck Gall. her. Bildw. i. 626 ff. Atlas pi. 26, 2ff, Baumeister
Denkm. i. 745 ff. fig. 798 f., R. Engelmann in Roscher Lex. Myth. i. 1970 ff. figs.,
H. W. Stoll ib. ii. 2786 f. figs. 4—6, E. Bethe in Pauly—Wissowa Real-Enc. vii.
2832, 2835), especially as represented on the fine red-figured oinochoe from Vulci
now in the Vatican (fig. 893 = 71/2/.$'. Etr. Gregor. ii pi. 5, 2a, Overbeck Gall. her.
Bildw. i. 631 f. pi. 26, 12, Baumeister Denkm. i. 745 f. fig. 798, P. Weizsacker in
Roscher Lex. Myth. iii. 1800 f. fig. 3, J. H. Huddilston Lessons from Greek
Pottery New York 1902 p. 86 f. fig. 16, Hoppin Red-fig. Vases i. 347 no. 7 (by
' The Painter of the Epinetron from Eretria in Athens')), Eros is already so far
detached from Aphrodite that he signifies, not the love felt by the goddess, but
the love caused by her in the heart of Menelaos. We are well on the way
towards later conceptions of the love-god.

In Hellenistic times the favourite types of Eros were those of a boy (e.g.
Ausgewahlte griechische Terrakotten im Antiquarium der koniglichen Museen
zu Berlin Berlin 1903 p. 17 pi. 20, Winter Ant. Terrakotten iii. 2. 325 fig. 6 a
flying Eros, said to be from Pagai in Megaris, now at Berlin, holding grapes in
his raised right hand and other fruits in a fold of his chlamys : height o-275'n)

Fig. 893.