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PRAXITELES.
4. Flora {Cora ? Hora ?'), Triptolevius, and Dcmeter'1 (in the Ser-
vilian Gardens at Rome).
5. Rape and Restoration of Cora ? (at Athens). Pliny says, 1 Fecit
ex sere Praxiteles Proserpina; raptum; item Catagitsam.' The word
Karayovaa, which can only refer to Demeter, may cither mean that she
is represented as bringing her daughter back to the light of day after
her sojourn in Hades, or as restoring her to her infernal spouse at
the end of the period which she was allowed to spend with the Gods
above.3
6. Apollo, Leto, and Artemis4 (at Mcgara).
7. Leto, Apollo, and Artcmis:' (at Mantineia).
8. Apollo and Poseidon. Probably from Athens ; but in the time
of Pliny0 the}7 formed part of the rich collection of Asinius Pollio.
9. Dionysus with Staphylus1 and Metlie% (in bronze, at Rome'1).
This group, which no doubt came from Athens, contained the statue
of the famous Satyr (Staphylus), which the Greeks called 7repi/3uijros
(famous).10 Of this new type, from which all bestial grossness is
purged away, we have several copies, of which we shall speak here-
after.
10. Meenads (Thyiads), Caryatides, and Sileui (in Rome,11 but
originally in Athens). The Mamads and Thyiads denote respectively
the Attic and Laconian female attendants of Dionysus. ' Sileni1 is
used here of Satyrs in general, both old and young. The whole
Thiasos (Bacchic rout) is here represented indulging in frenzied revelry
under the inspiration of the God.12 ' By thy art, O Praxiteles,' says
the epigram, ' the very stone learns to revel wildly, and old age is no
longer feeble.'13
11. Danac, Nymplis, and Pan. A group highly praised in two
1 Urlichs, Obs. de Arte Praxitclis.
« Plin. N. II. xxxvi. 23.
' Compare a similar group on a vase from
Southern Italy belonging to Mr. Hope. Dr.
G. Loeschke (Arch. Zeit. ii. Heft. 1S80, p.
102) maintains that the Catagusa was a dis-
tinct statue (like the Pseliouniene and Ste-
phanousa, vide infra), and may have
represented a spinning girl, like that in the
Glyptothek (No. 314) at Munich.
' Pausan. i. 44. 2.
5 Ibid. viii. 9. I.
* N. II. xxxvi. 23.
7 Name of a satyr, from (ttck/juA?/, a bunch
of grapes.
8 Mt'di/, personified intoxication.
» Plin. AT. II. xxxiv. 69.
"' Ibid.
11 Plin. N. II. xxxvi. 23. Urlichs, Obs.
ite Arte I'rax. p. 14.
'- Conf. Eunp, Sac. v. 380.
13 Anthol. G'r. ii. 251. 2.
PRAXITELES.
4. Flora {Cora ? Hora ?'), Triptolevius, and Dcmeter'1 (in the Ser-
vilian Gardens at Rome).
5. Rape and Restoration of Cora ? (at Athens). Pliny says, 1 Fecit
ex sere Praxiteles Proserpina; raptum; item Catagitsam.' The word
Karayovaa, which can only refer to Demeter, may cither mean that she
is represented as bringing her daughter back to the light of day after
her sojourn in Hades, or as restoring her to her infernal spouse at
the end of the period which she was allowed to spend with the Gods
above.3
6. Apollo, Leto, and Artemis4 (at Mcgara).
7. Leto, Apollo, and Artcmis:' (at Mantineia).
8. Apollo and Poseidon. Probably from Athens ; but in the time
of Pliny0 the}7 formed part of the rich collection of Asinius Pollio.
9. Dionysus with Staphylus1 and Metlie% (in bronze, at Rome'1).
This group, which no doubt came from Athens, contained the statue
of the famous Satyr (Staphylus), which the Greeks called 7repi/3uijros
(famous).10 Of this new type, from which all bestial grossness is
purged away, we have several copies, of which we shall speak here-
after.
10. Meenads (Thyiads), Caryatides, and Sileui (in Rome,11 but
originally in Athens). The Mamads and Thyiads denote respectively
the Attic and Laconian female attendants of Dionysus. ' Sileni1 is
used here of Satyrs in general, both old and young. The whole
Thiasos (Bacchic rout) is here represented indulging in frenzied revelry
under the inspiration of the God.12 ' By thy art, O Praxiteles,' says
the epigram, ' the very stone learns to revel wildly, and old age is no
longer feeble.'13
11. Danac, Nymplis, and Pan. A group highly praised in two
1 Urlichs, Obs. de Arte Praxitclis.
« Plin. N. II. xxxvi. 23.
' Compare a similar group on a vase from
Southern Italy belonging to Mr. Hope. Dr.
G. Loeschke (Arch. Zeit. ii. Heft. 1S80, p.
102) maintains that the Catagusa was a dis-
tinct statue (like the Pseliouniene and Ste-
phanousa, vide infra), and may have
represented a spinning girl, like that in the
Glyptothek (No. 314) at Munich.
' Pausan. i. 44. 2.
5 Ibid. viii. 9. I.
* N. II. xxxvi. 23.
7 Name of a satyr, from (ttck/juA?/, a bunch
of grapes.
8 Mt'di/, personified intoxication.
» Plin. AT. II. xxxiv. 69.
"' Ibid.
11 Plin. N. II. xxxvi. 23. Urlichs, Obs.
ite Arte I'rax. p. 14.
'- Conf. Eunp, Sac. v. 380.
13 Anthol. G'r. ii. 251. 2.