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CATALOGUE OF SCULPTURE.

515. Fragment with the upper moulding of a metope, and
Avith a circular object in relief, which has a round depres-
sion in the centre. This object has been interpreted as a
cymbal held up by a dancing figure. Perhaps, however,
it may be a ring from the top of a tripod of Apollo, such
as is frequently seen. Cf. Furtwaengler, Bronzen von
Olympia, pi. 34.

Marble ; height, 4 inches; width, 6 inches. Synopsis, No. 31.

516. Figure of Apollo Kitharoedos? A male figure, wear-
ing the dress of a citharist, with a long tunic falling to
the feet, confined by a belt and by bands crossing the
breast. The figure also wears a flowing mantle, and has
long hair falling on the shoulders. The figure is half
turned to the right, and looks back to the left. If the
preceding fragment is, as suggested, a part of a tripod,
Apollo may be supposed to have been standing beside the
Delphic tripod.

Marble ; height, 2 feet 1\ inches ; width, 1 foot 3 inches. The two
main portions of the figure of Apollo, which have only recently
been joined, give the height of the metopes. Synopsis,
Nos. 36, 38.

517. This metope, though in a fragmentary state, appears to
represent the rape of a woman by a nude male figure.

1. A woman wearing a sleeveless chiton and a mantle,
raises her right hand wrapped in the mantle to her
head. Of the ravisher we only see the fingers of the
right hand grasping the neck of the woman, and a part
of his arm below the woman's right elbow, and behind
her drapery.

2. On the second fragment, which may be assumed to
belong to the same metope, we see a part of the feet
of the woman, the toes of the man's right foot, and
doubtful traces of his left foot. He was probably repre-
sented as seizing the woman by the neck and the knees.