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496 LION TOMB.
cause tliey were defeated. The fragments of this
lion still exist on the spot where Pausanias saw
them, and a restoration of it by M. Siegcl, a German
artist, is given by Weleker in the " Monumenti of
the Archaeological Institute of Home." b Accord-
ing to this restoration, the lion Avas in a seated
position, and in height about 12 feet.
It is not known what the original design of this
monument was, as only fragments of the pedestal
remain, and no traces of the foundation. It is said
that the lion itself was dug up out of a mound
during the Greek revolution, and broken up in the
hope that treasure would be found inside it.'
Lions seem also to haA"e been dedicated simply
to commemorate victories, without forming part of
a sepulchral monument. Thus the city of Elatea,
after having repulsed Cassander, dedicated a bronze
lion at Delphi.j At Thebes, in front of the temple
of Artemis Eukleia, Pausanias saw a marble lion
which, according to local tradition, was dedicated
by Hercules to record his victory over the
Orchomenians.k
If Ave assume that the Cnidi'an lion commemo-
rates the victory of Conon, which, I consider,
on the AAdiole, the most probable supposition with
respect to this monument, then it becomes a
matter of interest to ascertain Iioav far it cor-
responds in style and treatment Avith the Chaj-
ronea lion already referred to, the date of Avhich
11 1S5G, pp. 1—5 ; tav. 1.
; Mure, Tour in Greece (Edinburgh, 1842), i. pp. 218-21.
i Pausan. x. 18, G. k ix. 17, 2.
cause tliey were defeated. The fragments of this
lion still exist on the spot where Pausanias saw
them, and a restoration of it by M. Siegcl, a German
artist, is given by Weleker in the " Monumenti of
the Archaeological Institute of Home." b Accord-
ing to this restoration, the lion Avas in a seated
position, and in height about 12 feet.
It is not known what the original design of this
monument was, as only fragments of the pedestal
remain, and no traces of the foundation. It is said
that the lion itself was dug up out of a mound
during the Greek revolution, and broken up in the
hope that treasure would be found inside it.'
Lions seem also to haA"e been dedicated simply
to commemorate victories, without forming part of
a sepulchral monument. Thus the city of Elatea,
after having repulsed Cassander, dedicated a bronze
lion at Delphi.j At Thebes, in front of the temple
of Artemis Eukleia, Pausanias saw a marble lion
which, according to local tradition, was dedicated
by Hercules to record his victory over the
Orchomenians.k
If Ave assume that the Cnidi'an lion commemo-
rates the victory of Conon, which, I consider,
on the AAdiole, the most probable supposition with
respect to this monument, then it becomes a
matter of interest to ascertain Iioav far it cor-
responds in style and treatment Avith the Chaj-
ronea lion already referred to, the date of Avhich
11 1S5G, pp. 1—5 ; tav. 1.
; Mure, Tour in Greece (Edinburgh, 1842), i. pp. 218-21.
i Pausan. x. 18, G. k ix. 17, 2.