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the British Museum, No. G. 281 (see fig. 9). The figure,
however, differs greatly in character, not only from the
figure on the monument of Lysicrates, but also from the
figure sometimes supposed to be Dionysos on the frieze of
the Parthenon. (East side, No. 38.) More recently Brunn
has interpreted this figure as the mountain of Olympos
illumined by the first rays of the rising sun, and it must
be acknowledged that the attitude and typo of the so-
called Theseus is very suitable for the personification of

Fig. 9.

a mountain. Compare the figures of mountains from
reliefs, collected by Waldstein (Essays, pp. 173, 174).

Mas. Marblcs,Yl., pis. 3, 4 ; Baumeister, Denkmaeler, p. 1180, fig. 1370 ;
Michaelis, pi. 6, fig. 10; Overbeck, Gr. Plasty 3rd ed., I., p. 304,
fig. 62; Murray, II., pi. 5; Stereoscopic, No. 105; Waldstein,
Essays, pi. 6 ; Brunn, Ber. der k. layer. Ahad., Phil. hist. CI.,
1874, II., p. 14. The correct position of the figure in the pedi-
ment has been ascertained by Sauer (cf. fig. 7).

303 E, Two female figures, seated on square seats. They both
F. wear a sleeveless chiton, girt at the waist, and a di-
ploidion. Over it is a mantle thrown over their lower