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150 LOWER THEATRE.
a thyrsus; his left is extended towards the female
figure, and lias probably been enveloped in a mantle.
On tbe left of this group is another Satyr, moving
away from tbe scene, but looking back.
In tbe other relief a female figure is seated on
rocks before an altar. Tbe lower half of her body
is clad in a peplos, in her left hand she holds some
uncertain object. She is looking back. Behind
her stands a female figure, having a peplos wound
round the lower half of her body. The seated figure
in this group may, perhaps, represent Ariadne.
The sculpture in these two reliefs is exceedingly
coarse, and evidently executed in a very late period
of Roman art. Their subjects would indicate that
the building near which they were found was sacred
to Bacchus, and the opinion of the authors of the
" Ionian Antiquities" in reference to this temple is
thus confirmed.
These reliefs bear a remarkable resemblance, both
in style and subject, to some portions of frieze
built into the walls of the castle at Cos, which will
be described in a subsequent part of this work. The
height of this frieze is 2'.
This castle was built by the Knights of St. John
at the same period as the fortress at Budrum, and it
is not unlikely that, on this occasion, they trans-
ported much building material from Cnidus, the
distance from which place to Cos, with a fair wind,
being not more than three hours' sail.
After the southern side of the cella had been laid
bare, a cutting was made at right angles to it,
through the western part of the Temple.
a thyrsus; his left is extended towards the female
figure, and lias probably been enveloped in a mantle.
On tbe left of this group is another Satyr, moving
away from tbe scene, but looking back.
In tbe other relief a female figure is seated on
rocks before an altar. Tbe lower half of her body
is clad in a peplos, in her left hand she holds some
uncertain object. She is looking back. Behind
her stands a female figure, having a peplos wound
round the lower half of her body. The seated figure
in this group may, perhaps, represent Ariadne.
The sculpture in these two reliefs is exceedingly
coarse, and evidently executed in a very late period
of Roman art. Their subjects would indicate that
the building near which they were found was sacred
to Bacchus, and the opinion of the authors of the
" Ionian Antiquities" in reference to this temple is
thus confirmed.
These reliefs bear a remarkable resemblance, both
in style and subject, to some portions of frieze
built into the walls of the castle at Cos, which will
be described in a subsequent part of this work. The
height of this frieze is 2'.
This castle was built by the Knights of St. John
at the same period as the fortress at Budrum, and it
is not unlikely that, on this occasion, they trans-
ported much building material from Cnidus, the
distance from which place to Cos, with a fair wind,
being not more than three hours' sail.
After the southern side of the cella had been laid
bare, a cutting was made at right angles to it,
through the western part of the Temple.