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ish janizaries, built immediately: under
and against the columns of the portico»;
and by demolishing it in order to exca-
vate, Lord Elgin has had the satisfaction
of recovering the greatest part of the
statue of Victory, in à drapery which
discovers the fine form of the figure, with
exquisite delicacy and taste. Lord Elgin
also found there the tórsi of Jupiter and
Vulcan, the breast of the Minerva, toge-
ther with other fragments.
On the opposite tympanum had been
represented the contest between Minerva
and Neptune for the honour of giving a
name to the city. One or two of thè
figures remained on this tympanum, and.
others were on the top of the wall, thrown
back by the explosion which destroyed
the temple ; but the far greater part had"
fallen: and a house being built imme-
diately below the space they had occu-
pied, Lord Elgin, encouraged by the suc-
cess of his former excavations, obtained'
ish janizaries, built immediately: under
and against the columns of the portico»;
and by demolishing it in order to exca-
vate, Lord Elgin has had the satisfaction
of recovering the greatest part of the
statue of Victory, in à drapery which
discovers the fine form of the figure, with
exquisite delicacy and taste. Lord Elgin
also found there the tórsi of Jupiter and
Vulcan, the breast of the Minerva, toge-
ther with other fragments.
On the opposite tympanum had been
represented the contest between Minerva
and Neptune for the honour of giving a
name to the city. One or two of thè
figures remained on this tympanum, and.
others were on the top of the wall, thrown
back by the explosion which destroyed
the temple ; but the far greater part had"
fallen: and a house being built imme-
diately below the space they had occu-
pied, Lord Elgin, encouraged by the suc-
cess of his former excavations, obtained'