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THE BRITISH MUSEUM.
Fragment of the Figure o/Latona, No. 106.
"Latona and her children," says Viseonti, "having
taken the same side with Neptune in the Iliad, the
authority of Homer had without doubt induced Phi-
dias to represent these divinities as taking part with
the rival of Minerva." This fragment is part of
a group which originally consisted of Latona with
her two children, Apollo and Diana. It was placed
on the right side of the western pediment. All that
remains in the fragment before us is the lap of Latona,
with a small portion of the infant Apollo attached to
the right side. The fragment is 2 ft. 7 in. in height,
by 2 ft. in breadth.
Other fragments of figures, which it is now impos-
sible to assign to their respective statues, are pre-
served ; many of which were found at the time when
THE BRITISH MUSEUM.
Fragment of the Figure o/Latona, No. 106.
"Latona and her children," says Viseonti, "having
taken the same side with Neptune in the Iliad, the
authority of Homer had without doubt induced Phi-
dias to represent these divinities as taking part with
the rival of Minerva." This fragment is part of
a group which originally consisted of Latona with
her two children, Apollo and Diana. It was placed
on the right side of the western pediment. All that
remains in the fragment before us is the lap of Latona,
with a small portion of the infant Apollo attached to
the right side. The fragment is 2 ft. 7 in. in height,
by 2 ft. in breadth.
Other fragments of figures, which it is now impos-
sible to assign to their respective statues, are pre-
served ; many of which were found at the time when