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AEGINA.
75
xvii.; Wolters, p. 48). Others have argued that the
presence of Paris points to the fight over the hody of
Achilles as described in the Aethiopis of Arctinos. See
especially Brunn, Beschreibung, p. 79. On account of the
discrepancies between the sculptures and the literary
tradition it is impossible to decide the question.
The arrangement adopted in the British Museum is
that of Cockerell (pi. 16). To complete the group
Cockerell supposed that nude figures similar to No. 178 of
the East pediment advanced to the fallen hero from each
side; and that a spearman knelt between the Paris
(No. 168) and the wounded Trojan. Fragments remain of
the two youths ; but recent writers have put the spearman
(No. 166) next the Paris. The positions of the spearmen
and the archers on each side have also been reversed.
The archers are on this view placed furthest from the
combat, and may perhaps be supposed to be protected by
the spearmen. Further changes have been proposed
which are based on fragments not represented by casts,
and which therefore need not here be discussed.
Restorations of the West Pediment. (1) With 11 figures, the bow-
men in front of the spearmen. Cockerell, supplementary plate ;
Blouet, Exp. de Moree, III., pi. 58, fig. 'I ; Miiller, Denkmaeler, I.,
pis. 6, 7 ; Overbeck, Or. PlasL, 3rd ed., I., fig. 19a ; Murray, I.,
pi. 7. (2) With 11 figures, the bowmen behind the spearmen.
Cockerell, plate ; Brunn, Sitzungsber. der k. buyer. Akad., 1868,
II., plate; Lange, Ber. der k. sachs. Ges. d. Wissenschaften, 1878,
pi. 3, fig. 1. (3) With 13 figures. Cockerell, pi. 16. (4) With
14 figures. Lange, loc. cit., pi. 3, fig. 2 ; Overbeck, Gr. Plud.,
3rd ed., I., fig. 196.
The figures beginning from the left of the West pedi-
ment are :—
Wounded Greek, recumbent, disarmed, drawing an
arrow from his right breast.
Restored :—Nose, right forearm, left leg from knee to ankle and toes
Cockerell, pi. 15, No, 11; pi. 16; Blouet, III., pi. 69, fig. 2;
Brunn, Denkmaeler, No. 25.
75
xvii.; Wolters, p. 48). Others have argued that the
presence of Paris points to the fight over the hody of
Achilles as described in the Aethiopis of Arctinos. See
especially Brunn, Beschreibung, p. 79. On account of the
discrepancies between the sculptures and the literary
tradition it is impossible to decide the question.
The arrangement adopted in the British Museum is
that of Cockerell (pi. 16). To complete the group
Cockerell supposed that nude figures similar to No. 178 of
the East pediment advanced to the fallen hero from each
side; and that a spearman knelt between the Paris
(No. 168) and the wounded Trojan. Fragments remain of
the two youths ; but recent writers have put the spearman
(No. 166) next the Paris. The positions of the spearmen
and the archers on each side have also been reversed.
The archers are on this view placed furthest from the
combat, and may perhaps be supposed to be protected by
the spearmen. Further changes have been proposed
which are based on fragments not represented by casts,
and which therefore need not here be discussed.
Restorations of the West Pediment. (1) With 11 figures, the bow-
men in front of the spearmen. Cockerell, supplementary plate ;
Blouet, Exp. de Moree, III., pi. 58, fig. 'I ; Miiller, Denkmaeler, I.,
pis. 6, 7 ; Overbeck, Or. PlasL, 3rd ed., I., fig. 19a ; Murray, I.,
pi. 7. (2) With 11 figures, the bowmen behind the spearmen.
Cockerell, plate ; Brunn, Sitzungsber. der k. buyer. Akad., 1868,
II., plate; Lange, Ber. der k. sachs. Ges. d. Wissenschaften, 1878,
pi. 3, fig. 1. (3) With 13 figures. Cockerell, pi. 16. (4) With
14 figures. Lange, loc. cit., pi. 3, fig. 2 ; Overbeck, Gr. Plud.,
3rd ed., I., fig. 196.
The figures beginning from the left of the West pedi-
ment are :—
Wounded Greek, recumbent, disarmed, drawing an
arrow from his right breast.
Restored :—Nose, right forearm, left leg from knee to ankle and toes
Cockerell, pi. 15, No, 11; pi. 16; Blouet, III., pi. 69, fig. 2;
Brunn, Denkmaeler, No. 25.