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14 CATALOGUE OF SCULPTURE.
prostrate figure (c; cf. No. 302), which is an Amazon on
other copies, but in this case has the forms of a male
figure. The vanquished Amazon seized hy a Greek (d) is
preserved in part. Of the Greek, only the feet remain.
The original, which is of Pentelic marble, was found at Patras (where
it remains) probably in 1896. The east was presented by M.
Cawadias. Height, with plinth, 2 feet 10 inches. British School
Annual, III., pi. 9; C. Smith, ibidem, p. 121.
301. Cast of a statuette copied from the statue of Athene
Parthenos. Athene wears a helmet, aegis, and chiton with
diploidion girt round the waist; her right hand is extended
in front with the palm open upwards as if to hold out the
figure of Victory. In this part the statuette is unfinished,
the marhle underneath the right arm not having been hewn
away. The left hand of the Goddess rests on her shield,
which stands on its edge at her side; inside the shield is
a serpent; outside are reliefs representing the battle be-
tween Greeks and Amazons, which is seen in more detail
in No. 302. Among the figures, we recognise several
which occur on No. 302. The figure of Pheidias (a, see
No. 302) is near the top of the relief, and holds a stone, as
described by Plutarch. Next him perhaps is Pericles (6)
separated from the fallen Amazon (c), which is at the
bottom of the shield, as in No. 302. The group of the
Greek seizing an Amazon (d) is seen on the right as in
No. 302. The fallen Amazon (e) with hands above her
head is high up, on the left of the relief. In place of the
group of an Amazon supporting her companion (/) which
is in No. 302, we have here the same subject, but differently
treated. The Gorgon's head is roughly indicated near the
middle of the shield. The rude outlines of figures in
relief on the base of the statuette may be supposed to
represent the birth of Pandora (Pans., i., xxiv., 7.)
The original of this statue, which is of marble, is in the National
Museum at Athens. Height 1 foot 4£ inches. Found in 1859
prostrate figure (c; cf. No. 302), which is an Amazon on
other copies, but in this case has the forms of a male
figure. The vanquished Amazon seized hy a Greek (d) is
preserved in part. Of the Greek, only the feet remain.
The original, which is of Pentelic marble, was found at Patras (where
it remains) probably in 1896. The east was presented by M.
Cawadias. Height, with plinth, 2 feet 10 inches. British School
Annual, III., pi. 9; C. Smith, ibidem, p. 121.
301. Cast of a statuette copied from the statue of Athene
Parthenos. Athene wears a helmet, aegis, and chiton with
diploidion girt round the waist; her right hand is extended
in front with the palm open upwards as if to hold out the
figure of Victory. In this part the statuette is unfinished,
the marhle underneath the right arm not having been hewn
away. The left hand of the Goddess rests on her shield,
which stands on its edge at her side; inside the shield is
a serpent; outside are reliefs representing the battle be-
tween Greeks and Amazons, which is seen in more detail
in No. 302. Among the figures, we recognise several
which occur on No. 302. The figure of Pheidias (a, see
No. 302) is near the top of the relief, and holds a stone, as
described by Plutarch. Next him perhaps is Pericles (6)
separated from the fallen Amazon (c), which is at the
bottom of the shield, as in No. 302. The group of the
Greek seizing an Amazon (d) is seen on the right as in
No. 302. The fallen Amazon (e) with hands above her
head is high up, on the left of the relief. In place of the
group of an Amazon supporting her companion (/) which
is in No. 302, we have here the same subject, but differently
treated. The Gorgon's head is roughly indicated near the
middle of the shield. The rude outlines of figures in
relief on the base of the statuette may be supposed to
represent the birth of Pandora (Pans., i., xxiv., 7.)
The original of this statue, which is of marble, is in the National
Museum at Athens. Height 1 foot 4£ inches. Found in 1859