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èis invasion òf Greece. The men had
foeen reduced to the deplorable state of
Helotes; and the women not only con-
demned to the most serrile employments,
but those of rank and family forced, in
this abject condition, to wear their ancient
•dresses and ornaments. In this state they
are here exhibited. The drapery is fine,
•the hair of each figure is braided in a dif-
ferent manner, and a kind of diadem
they wear on their head forms the capital.
Besides drawings and mouldings of all
these particulars, Lord Elgin has brought
to England one of the original statues.
The Lacedaemonians had used a species
of vengeance similar to that above men-
tioned in constructing the Persian Por-
tico, which they had erected at Sparta, in
honour of their victory over the forces of
Mardonius at Plataea : placing statues of
Persians in their rich oriental dresses,
instead of columns, to support the entab-
lature. - ï.
foeen reduced to the deplorable state of
Helotes; and the women not only con-
demned to the most serrile employments,
but those of rank and family forced, in
this abject condition, to wear their ancient
•dresses and ornaments. In this state they
are here exhibited. The drapery is fine,
•the hair of each figure is braided in a dif-
ferent manner, and a kind of diadem
they wear on their head forms the capital.
Besides drawings and mouldings of all
these particulars, Lord Elgin has brought
to England one of the original statues.
The Lacedaemonians had used a species
of vengeance similar to that above men-
tioned in constructing the Persian Por-
tico, which they had erected at Sparta, in
honour of their victory over the forces of
Mardonius at Plataea : placing statues of
Persians in their rich oriental dresses,
instead of columns, to support the entab-
lature. - ï.