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206 SUMMARY OF ARGUMENTS IN FAVOUR
found in a passage in Diodorus, in which he speaks
of the funeral car of Alexander the Great. On
this car was a chamber containing the royal re-
mains, at the entrance of which stood golden lions
looking towards those approaching.1
. From the examination of fragments of lions
collected in the course of excavations, there is evi-
dence that at least twenty must have been sculp-
tured, and that they differed in scale. Mr. Pullan's
restoration does not provide room for more than
twelve. Our knowledge, however, of the real form
of the basement is so imperfect that it is easy to
conceive various modifications of this part of the
design, by which room might be made for a greater
number of lions.
In a design for the restoration of the Mausoleum
communicated by Mr. C. R. Cockerell, 11. A., to the
exhibition of the Royal Academy of 1859, the lions
are placed in a row on an attic above the cornice.
But iio trace of such a member was met with among
the architectural marbles found in situ.. Nor would
there be room for the lions in this position, unless
we assume that the area of the base of the pyramid
was considerably less than it has been shown to be
by the foregoing arguments.
After all the elucidation which the design of the
Mausoleum has received from recent researches, the
position of much of the sculpture discovered in situ
1 XVIII. 2l. Rat irapa fj.ev rfjv f(C ?hv ica/xapav e'ivoSov virijpyt>v
\£ovte£ xpucroT, SeSupicorEc irpog el(T7rop£vo/.iu'ovc. In the funeral pile
of H.ephaestion, golden lions and bulls placed alternately, c>'qXXa£,
formed one of the rows, -^Qpai.-—Ibid. xvii. 115.
found in a passage in Diodorus, in which he speaks
of the funeral car of Alexander the Great. On
this car was a chamber containing the royal re-
mains, at the entrance of which stood golden lions
looking towards those approaching.1
. From the examination of fragments of lions
collected in the course of excavations, there is evi-
dence that at least twenty must have been sculp-
tured, and that they differed in scale. Mr. Pullan's
restoration does not provide room for more than
twelve. Our knowledge, however, of the real form
of the basement is so imperfect that it is easy to
conceive various modifications of this part of the
design, by which room might be made for a greater
number of lions.
In a design for the restoration of the Mausoleum
communicated by Mr. C. R. Cockerell, 11. A., to the
exhibition of the Royal Academy of 1859, the lions
are placed in a row on an attic above the cornice.
But iio trace of such a member was met with among
the architectural marbles found in situ.. Nor would
there be room for the lions in this position, unless
we assume that the area of the base of the pyramid
was considerably less than it has been shown to be
by the foregoing arguments.
After all the elucidation which the design of the
Mausoleum has received from recent researches, the
position of much of the sculpture discovered in situ
1 XVIII. 2l. Rat irapa fj.ev rfjv f(C ?hv ica/xapav e'ivoSov virijpyt>v
\£ovte£ xpucroT, SeSupicorEc irpog el(T7rop£vo/.iu'ovc. In the funeral pile
of H.ephaestion, golden lions and bulls placed alternately, c>'qXXa£,
formed one of the rows, -^Qpai.-—Ibid. xvii. 115.