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16 CATALOGUE OF SCULPTTJKE.
Above this group is an Amazon running to the right and
a Greek striding to the left. His shield has the device of
a hare. Above him are three armed Greeks, and the
remains of another figure. On the left of the figure
described as Pheidias is a Greek who has fallen on his
knees. Further to the left are a fallen Amazon (e) and a
wounded Amazon (/) supported by a companion of whom
but little remains. The lower part of a third figure,
probably that of a Greek, is also seen. All the Amazons
wear high boots and a short chiton, leaving the right
breast exposed; their weapon is a double-headed axe.
Bed colour remains on the two serpents which encircle
the Gorgon's head, on the shield of one of the Greeks and
in several places on the draperies. The back of the shield
is roughly worked, with a suggestion of the handle.
Traces also remain of painted figures, including a bearded
man, bending to the right. These may be supposed to
suggest the scene of Gigantomachia with which the inside
of the shield was decorated, and to indicate that the
interior ornament consisted only of paintings on a smooth
surface.—Obtained by Viscount Strangford from Athens.
Pentelic marble; height, 1 foot 4§ inches; width, 1 foot 6 inches.
Conze, Arch. Zeit., 1865, pis. 196, 197 ; Jahn, Pop. Av.fsa.tze,
p. 216, pi. 2, 1 ; Michaelis, pi. 15, fig. 34. Overbeck, Gr. JPlast,
3rd ed., I., p. 255, fig. 55 ; Mitchell, p. 313 ; Mansell, No. 729 ;
Wolters, No. 471; Harrison, Mythology and Monuments of Anc.
Athens, p. 453. Furtwaengler, Meisterwerke, p. 75. For the
traces of paint see Conze, I.e. p. 34; C. Smith, British School
Annual, III., p. 137. There is a fragment of a similar shield in
the Vatican, Michaelis, pi. 15, fig. 35.
EASTERN PEDIMENT OP THE PARTHENON.
303. We know from Pausanias (L, 24, 5) that the subject of
the composition in the eastern pediment had relation to
the birth of Athene, who, according to the legend, sprang
Above this group is an Amazon running to the right and
a Greek striding to the left. His shield has the device of
a hare. Above him are three armed Greeks, and the
remains of another figure. On the left of the figure
described as Pheidias is a Greek who has fallen on his
knees. Further to the left are a fallen Amazon (e) and a
wounded Amazon (/) supported by a companion of whom
but little remains. The lower part of a third figure,
probably that of a Greek, is also seen. All the Amazons
wear high boots and a short chiton, leaving the right
breast exposed; their weapon is a double-headed axe.
Bed colour remains on the two serpents which encircle
the Gorgon's head, on the shield of one of the Greeks and
in several places on the draperies. The back of the shield
is roughly worked, with a suggestion of the handle.
Traces also remain of painted figures, including a bearded
man, bending to the right. These may be supposed to
suggest the scene of Gigantomachia with which the inside
of the shield was decorated, and to indicate that the
interior ornament consisted only of paintings on a smooth
surface.—Obtained by Viscount Strangford from Athens.
Pentelic marble; height, 1 foot 4§ inches; width, 1 foot 6 inches.
Conze, Arch. Zeit., 1865, pis. 196, 197 ; Jahn, Pop. Av.fsa.tze,
p. 216, pi. 2, 1 ; Michaelis, pi. 15, fig. 34. Overbeck, Gr. JPlast,
3rd ed., I., p. 255, fig. 55 ; Mitchell, p. 313 ; Mansell, No. 729 ;
Wolters, No. 471; Harrison, Mythology and Monuments of Anc.
Athens, p. 453. Furtwaengler, Meisterwerke, p. 75. For the
traces of paint see Conze, I.e. p. 34; C. Smith, British School
Annual, III., p. 137. There is a fragment of a similar shield in
the Vatican, Michaelis, pi. 15, fig. 35.
EASTERN PEDIMENT OP THE PARTHENON.
303. We know from Pausanias (L, 24, 5) that the subject of
the composition in the eastern pediment had relation to
the birth of Athene, who, according to the legend, sprang