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40 CATALOGUE QF SCULPTUBE.
figure which accords more with D as drawn by Carrey.
The part shown consists of a right arm bent at a right
angle and advanced, and a line of drapery falling down
the right side below the armpit. There is no reason to
doubt that the figure to which the arm belonged was
in position on the pediment when Pars drew it, and, if so,
Dalton's drawing must be wholly inaccurate in respect to
this figure. (See Michaelis, pi. 8, fig. 2.)
304 G. Next in order in Carrey's drawing is the seated female
figure (G), who acts as charioteer to Athene, and who has
been generally recognised as Nike. The only fragment
which can be attributed with any probability to this
figure is the head, obtained from Venice by Count de
Laborde (No. 339, i). A cast is exhibited in the Elgin
Eoom.
304 H. Hermes (?).—In the background, between the figure G
and the horses, Carrey gives a male figure (H), who looks
back at the charioteer, while he moves forward in the
same direction as the horses. The figure drawn by Carrey
has been generally recognised in the torso in the Museum
which has lost the head and lower limbs since Carrey's
time, and is probably the same torso which Dalton repre-
sents lying on the bed of the pediment. .This figure
has been called Erechtheus, Erichthonios, Ares, Cecrops,
Theseus, Pan, or Hermes. He is evidently aiding the
charioteer in the management of the horses; an office
very appropriate to Hermes, whose general character is
that of a guide, and who on other monuments is repre-
sented conducting a chariot.
The drapery which hangs at the back of the torso
evidently represents a chlamys, which must have been
fastened in front just above the left clavicle, where a hole
is pierced to receive a metallic fastening. There is
another hole between the collar-bones. The right arm
was probably advanced nearly in a horizontal direction;
figure which accords more with D as drawn by Carrey.
The part shown consists of a right arm bent at a right
angle and advanced, and a line of drapery falling down
the right side below the armpit. There is no reason to
doubt that the figure to which the arm belonged was
in position on the pediment when Pars drew it, and, if so,
Dalton's drawing must be wholly inaccurate in respect to
this figure. (See Michaelis, pi. 8, fig. 2.)
304 G. Next in order in Carrey's drawing is the seated female
figure (G), who acts as charioteer to Athene, and who has
been generally recognised as Nike. The only fragment
which can be attributed with any probability to this
figure is the head, obtained from Venice by Count de
Laborde (No. 339, i). A cast is exhibited in the Elgin
Eoom.
304 H. Hermes (?).—In the background, between the figure G
and the horses, Carrey gives a male figure (H), who looks
back at the charioteer, while he moves forward in the
same direction as the horses. The figure drawn by Carrey
has been generally recognised in the torso in the Museum
which has lost the head and lower limbs since Carrey's
time, and is probably the same torso which Dalton repre-
sents lying on the bed of the pediment. .This figure
has been called Erechtheus, Erichthonios, Ares, Cecrops,
Theseus, Pan, or Hermes. He is evidently aiding the
charioteer in the management of the horses; an office
very appropriate to Hermes, whose general character is
that of a guide, and who on other monuments is repre-
sented conducting a chariot.
The drapery which hangs at the back of the torso
evidently represents a chlamys, which must have been
fastened in front just above the left clavicle, where a hole
is pierced to receive a metallic fastening. There is
another hole between the collar-bones. The right arm
was probably advanced nearly in a horizontal direction;