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VOTIVE BELIEFS.
357
tin's subject occurs, it will be seen that the one here
described is part of a larger composition in which Leto
and Artemis follow behind Apollo, and a temple is
introduced in the background ; a tripod, a statue on a
pedestal, the omphalos, a plane tree, and the Horae on the
altar also occur as accessories. It seems probable that
these reliefs are votive, and that in selecting as their
subject the victory of Apollo in a musical contest, the
dedicator indirectly commemorated his own triumph in a
similar exercise of skill.—Hamilton Coll., 1772.
Marble; height, 2 feet 1 inch ; width, 2 feet 1 inch. Restored :
the greater part of the body of Apollo, lower part of body of
Victory, column on left, and lower part of column on right.
The parts restored have been copied from more perfect marbles
in the Villa Albani. Mus. Marbles, II., pi. 13 ; Ellis, Townley
Gallenj, II., p. 113; Guide to Graeco-Roman Sculptures, I., No.
169 ; Wolters, No. 427 ; Welcker, Alte Denkmaeler, II., p. 41.
775. Fragment of a relief which probably commemorates a
musical or dramatic victory. Two draped female figures
move to the right: the foremost of these (Artemis) holds
out in both hands a lighted torch ; she also has a quiver
with a bow projecting from it, behind her shoulder. The
second figure, who is probably Leto, holds in her left hand
a sceptre, the head of which is formed by a pomegranate
flower. The drapery of both figures is arranged in the
archaistic style. Both figures wear a long chiton with
sleeves, over which is a long full garment reaching nearly
to the feet; over this again is a diploidion girt at the
waist. A mantle falls from the left shoulder of Artemis,
floating to below her knees; her companion with her
right hand draws forward over her right shoulder the
edge of a mantle, the other end of which falls over her
left arm. The heads of both figures are encircled by a
diadem, from beneath which two long plaits of hair fall
on each shoulder.
357
tin's subject occurs, it will be seen that the one here
described is part of a larger composition in which Leto
and Artemis follow behind Apollo, and a temple is
introduced in the background ; a tripod, a statue on a
pedestal, the omphalos, a plane tree, and the Horae on the
altar also occur as accessories. It seems probable that
these reliefs are votive, and that in selecting as their
subject the victory of Apollo in a musical contest, the
dedicator indirectly commemorated his own triumph in a
similar exercise of skill.—Hamilton Coll., 1772.
Marble; height, 2 feet 1 inch ; width, 2 feet 1 inch. Restored :
the greater part of the body of Apollo, lower part of body of
Victory, column on left, and lower part of column on right.
The parts restored have been copied from more perfect marbles
in the Villa Albani. Mus. Marbles, II., pi. 13 ; Ellis, Townley
Gallenj, II., p. 113; Guide to Graeco-Roman Sculptures, I., No.
169 ; Wolters, No. 427 ; Welcker, Alte Denkmaeler, II., p. 41.
775. Fragment of a relief which probably commemorates a
musical or dramatic victory. Two draped female figures
move to the right: the foremost of these (Artemis) holds
out in both hands a lighted torch ; she also has a quiver
with a bow projecting from it, behind her shoulder. The
second figure, who is probably Leto, holds in her left hand
a sceptre, the head of which is formed by a pomegranate
flower. The drapery of both figures is arranged in the
archaistic style. Both figures wear a long chiton with
sleeves, over which is a long full garment reaching nearly
to the feet; over this again is a diploidion girt at the
waist. A mantle falls from the left shoulder of Artemis,
floating to below her knees; her companion with her
right hand draws forward over her right shoulder the
edge of a mantle, the other end of which falls over her
left arm. The heads of both figures are encircled by a
diadem, from beneath which two long plaits of hair fall
on each shoulder.