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358 CATALOGUE OF SCULPTURE.
These figures are moving beside a plain wall, beyond
which is shown a Corinthian temple ; the tiles of the
roof with the ornamental fronts of the covering tiles are
represented, but in incorrect perspective : on the extreme
left of the scene is a tripod standing on a polygonal
pedestal which forms the termination of the wall.
In order to understand the subject of this fragment, it
must bo compared with similar reliefs in which the re-
mainder of the original composition has been preserved.
(See above, No. 775.) We may assume that the frag-
ment here described, when complete, had on the right a
figure of Apollo Kitharoedos leading the procession, and
holding out a bowl to receive a libation from a Victory.
The temple represented in these reliefs may be that of
Apollo at Delphi.—Elgin Coll.
l'entelic marble; height, 2 feet 4 inches; width, 1 foot 9 inches.
Mm. Mar'ile*, IX., pi. 36, fig. 2; Guide to Elgin Room, Part II.,
No. F. 2 ; Welcker, Attn Denbnaeler, II., p. 40.
776. Votive relief representing an offering to Apollo. On the
right, the god is seated on the omphalos, holding up his
right hand. The object held up in this hand has been
broken away. A mantle is wrapped round his body, and
he wears sandals. On the left are three mortals, clad in
Roman military armour, who appear to be approaching as
if to consult the Oracle of Apollo, and who, from the
difference of stature, are probably a father and two sons.
Between them and the <;od are two female figures, of
colossal propoi tious, who stand to the front, their heads
turned t >wa' ds Apollo. Each wears a diadem, and the
figure on the left holds a box containing incense in her
left hand. These two figures arc thought to be Leto
and Artemis, whose worship was associated with that of
Apollo. The relief is bounded by two pilasters sur-
mounted by an en'ablature. On the base are the remains
These figures are moving beside a plain wall, beyond
which is shown a Corinthian temple ; the tiles of the
roof with the ornamental fronts of the covering tiles are
represented, but in incorrect perspective : on the extreme
left of the scene is a tripod standing on a polygonal
pedestal which forms the termination of the wall.
In order to understand the subject of this fragment, it
must bo compared with similar reliefs in which the re-
mainder of the original composition has been preserved.
(See above, No. 775.) We may assume that the frag-
ment here described, when complete, had on the right a
figure of Apollo Kitharoedos leading the procession, and
holding out a bowl to receive a libation from a Victory.
The temple represented in these reliefs may be that of
Apollo at Delphi.—Elgin Coll.
l'entelic marble; height, 2 feet 4 inches; width, 1 foot 9 inches.
Mm. Mar'ile*, IX., pi. 36, fig. 2; Guide to Elgin Room, Part II.,
No. F. 2 ; Welcker, Attn Denbnaeler, II., p. 40.
776. Votive relief representing an offering to Apollo. On the
right, the god is seated on the omphalos, holding up his
right hand. The object held up in this hand has been
broken away. A mantle is wrapped round his body, and
he wears sandals. On the left are three mortals, clad in
Roman military armour, who appear to be approaching as
if to consult the Oracle of Apollo, and who, from the
difference of stature, are probably a father and two sons.
Between them and the <;od are two female figures, of
colossal propoi tious, who stand to the front, their heads
turned t >wa' ds Apollo. Each wears a diadem, and the
figure on the left holds a box containing incense in her
left hand. These two figures arc thought to be Leto
and Artemis, whose worship was associated with that of
Apollo. The relief is bounded by two pilasters sur-
mounted by an en'ablature. On the base are the remains