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WEST PEDIMENT OF PARTHENON.
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figures personify Lycabettos, between PenteKcon and
Hymettos.
Of the three figures D, E, F, only one fragment, now
at Athens, has been identified, representing the left knee
of a seated figure, with the right hand of a boy resting
on it, and thus corresponding with Carrey's drawing of
the seated figure on whose knee the boy Erysichthon rests
his right hand. A cast of this fragment is exhibited in
a Wall-Case (No. 339, 8). A fragment, now at Athens
with the drapery on the right side of a figure seated on a
rock, has been conjecturally assigned by Michaelis (pi. 8,
fig. 5) to figure D or U. A cast is exhibited, No. 339, 7.
In Dalton's drawing a draped female torso, broken off
at the knees, is placed next to C, which Michaelis
(p. 191), conjectures to be the remains of F. Dalton has
represented this figure with the chiton slipped down from
the right shoulder so as to show the right breast and
side. But the drawing by Pars shows next to C a part
of a figure which accords more with D as drawn by
Carrey. This fragment consists of a right arm bent at a
right angle and advanced, and a line of drapery falling
down the right side below the armpit. There is no reason
to doubt that the figure to which the arm belonged was
in position on the pediment when Pars drew it, and, if
so, Dalton's drawing must be wholly inaccurate in respect
to this figure. (See Michaelis, pi. 8, fig. 2.)
304 G. Next in order in Carrey's drawing is the seated female
figure (G), who acts as charioteer to Athene, and who has
been generally recognised as Nike. The only fragment
which can bo attributed with any probability to this
figure is the head, obtained from Venice by Count de
Laborde (No. 339, 2). A cast is exhibited in the Elgin
Eoom.
304 H. Hermes (?).—In the background, between the figure G
and the horses, Carrey gives a male figure (H), who looks
123
figures personify Lycabettos, between PenteKcon and
Hymettos.
Of the three figures D, E, F, only one fragment, now
at Athens, has been identified, representing the left knee
of a seated figure, with the right hand of a boy resting
on it, and thus corresponding with Carrey's drawing of
the seated figure on whose knee the boy Erysichthon rests
his right hand. A cast of this fragment is exhibited in
a Wall-Case (No. 339, 8). A fragment, now at Athens
with the drapery on the right side of a figure seated on a
rock, has been conjecturally assigned by Michaelis (pi. 8,
fig. 5) to figure D or U. A cast is exhibited, No. 339, 7.
In Dalton's drawing a draped female torso, broken off
at the knees, is placed next to C, which Michaelis
(p. 191), conjectures to be the remains of F. Dalton has
represented this figure with the chiton slipped down from
the right shoulder so as to show the right breast and
side. But the drawing by Pars shows next to C a part
of a figure which accords more with D as drawn by
Carrey. This fragment consists of a right arm bent at a
right angle and advanced, and a line of drapery falling
down the right side below the armpit. There is no reason
to doubt that the figure to which the arm belonged was
in position on the pediment when Pars drew it, and, if
so, Dalton's drawing must be wholly inaccurate in respect
to this figure. (See Michaelis, pi. 8, fig. 2.)
304 G. Next in order in Carrey's drawing is the seated female
figure (G), who acts as charioteer to Athene, and who has
been generally recognised as Nike. The only fragment
which can bo attributed with any probability to this
figure is the head, obtained from Venice by Count de
Laborde (No. 339, 2). A cast is exhibited in the Elgin
Eoom.
304 H. Hermes (?).—In the background, between the figure G
and the horses, Carrey gives a male figure (H), who looks