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12 CATALOGUE OF SCULPTURE.
the serpent Erichthcmios. On her outstretched right
hand was a winged Victory, six feet high, holding a
wreath. The helmet of the Goddess was adorned,
according to Pausanias, with a Sphinx and Gryphons.
From detailed copies of the head (Athenische Mittheilungen,
viii., pi. 15; Gat. of Gems in B.M. 637, 638) we learn that
the Gryphons were on the cheek-pieces, and that there
was a figure of Pegasos on each side of the Sphinx.
There was also a row of small horses at the front of the
helmet. All available space was covered with decoration.
A battle between Greeks and Amazons (see below, Nos.
301, 302) was seen on the exterior of the shield, and one
between Gods and Giants on its interior. On the base
was a representation of the birth of Pandora (see No. 301)
and on the edges of the sandais was a battle between
Centaurs and Lapiths.
The statue disappeared from view with the fall of
paganism. Nos. 300-302 afford some of the materials for
its reconstruction. Eough reproductions of the figure
also occur on Attic reliefs, such as Nos. 771-773.
The column beneath the hand of Athene (in No. 300)
presents some difficulty, as it is not mentioned in descrip-
tions of the statue and seldom occurs in reproductions of
it. It is seen in an Attic relief (Michaelis, pi. 15, fig. 7),
on a lead ticket (Zeitst-hr. fiir Nnmismatik, x., p. 152), and,
in the form of an olive tree, on a coin of Nagidus (in
Cilicia), of the first half of the 4th century b.c. (Murray,
ii., pi. 11; Journ. ofHellen. Studies, viii., p. 22). It is more
probable that an existing support should be omitted in
reliefs, than that it should be inserted if non-existent. It
is possible, however, that the support was not a part of
the design of Pheidias, but was an addition, subsequently
found to be necessary.
(Plate II). Cast of a statuette, copied from the Athene
Parthenos. The Goddess wears a helmet, aegis, chiton with
the serpent Erichthcmios. On her outstretched right
hand was a winged Victory, six feet high, holding a
wreath. The helmet of the Goddess was adorned,
according to Pausanias, with a Sphinx and Gryphons.
From detailed copies of the head (Athenische Mittheilungen,
viii., pi. 15; Gat. of Gems in B.M. 637, 638) we learn that
the Gryphons were on the cheek-pieces, and that there
was a figure of Pegasos on each side of the Sphinx.
There was also a row of small horses at the front of the
helmet. All available space was covered with decoration.
A battle between Greeks and Amazons (see below, Nos.
301, 302) was seen on the exterior of the shield, and one
between Gods and Giants on its interior. On the base
was a representation of the birth of Pandora (see No. 301)
and on the edges of the sandais was a battle between
Centaurs and Lapiths.
The statue disappeared from view with the fall of
paganism. Nos. 300-302 afford some of the materials for
its reconstruction. Eough reproductions of the figure
also occur on Attic reliefs, such as Nos. 771-773.
The column beneath the hand of Athene (in No. 300)
presents some difficulty, as it is not mentioned in descrip-
tions of the statue and seldom occurs in reproductions of
it. It is seen in an Attic relief (Michaelis, pi. 15, fig. 7),
on a lead ticket (Zeitst-hr. fiir Nnmismatik, x., p. 152), and,
in the form of an olive tree, on a coin of Nagidus (in
Cilicia), of the first half of the 4th century b.c. (Murray,
ii., pi. 11; Journ. ofHellen. Studies, viii., p. 22). It is more
probable that an existing support should be omitted in
reliefs, than that it should be inserted if non-existent. It
is possible, however, that the support was not a part of
the design of Pheidias, but was an addition, subsequently
found to be necessary.
(Plate II). Cast of a statuette, copied from the Athene
Parthenos. The Goddess wears a helmet, aegis, chiton with