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WESTERN PEDIMENT OF PARTHENON. 41
the left arm may have had the elbow a little drawn back ;
and a portion of the chlamys evidently passed round this
arm, and was probably twisted round it, a fashion of
drapery characteristic of Hermes. Among the fragments
of the Parthenon at Athens is a small piece of the left
shoulder of this figure, a cast of which has been adjusted
to the marble in the Museum. The remains of the left
thigh show that the left leg was advanced as in Carrey's
drawing. The fragments described below, Nos. 339, 9,
and 339, 10, may belong to this figure. A fragment of
plinth, with two feet, sometimes assigned to it, is
described below, No. 329.
Mus. Marbles, VI., pi. 15; Michaelis, pi. 8, fig. 3.
304 L Athene and Poseidon.—The Athene of which L is the
M. remnant is drawn by Carrey moving rapidly to the left ,-
her right arm, broken off above the elbow, is advanced
horizontally in the same direction. Her left arm is
broken off below the shoulder; she wears a long chiton,
over which is a diploidion, reaching to the hips, and
falling in a fold over the girdle. The aegis, folded like a
narrow band, passes obliquely across the bosom between
the breasts, and has extended from the right shoulder
round the left side, and probably across the back. It is
scalloped on its lower edge, and at the points holes are
pierced for the attachment of serpents of metal. In the
centre of the aegis is another hole, in which a circular
object six inches in diameter, doubtless a Gorgoneion,
has been fixed. Carrey's drawing shows the base of
the neck, which was broken oif before the time of Lord
Elgin. It has been recognised among the fragments
on the Acropolis, and a cast of it is now adjusted to the
marble. It is evident from this that the head of the
goddess was turned towards her antagonist.
Mus. Marbles, VI., pi. 16 j Michaelis, pi 8, fig. 13.
the left arm may have had the elbow a little drawn back ;
and a portion of the chlamys evidently passed round this
arm, and was probably twisted round it, a fashion of
drapery characteristic of Hermes. Among the fragments
of the Parthenon at Athens is a small piece of the left
shoulder of this figure, a cast of which has been adjusted
to the marble in the Museum. The remains of the left
thigh show that the left leg was advanced as in Carrey's
drawing. The fragments described below, Nos. 339, 9,
and 339, 10, may belong to this figure. A fragment of
plinth, with two feet, sometimes assigned to it, is
described below, No. 329.
Mus. Marbles, VI., pi. 15; Michaelis, pi. 8, fig. 3.
304 L Athene and Poseidon.—The Athene of which L is the
M. remnant is drawn by Carrey moving rapidly to the left ,-
her right arm, broken off above the elbow, is advanced
horizontally in the same direction. Her left arm is
broken off below the shoulder; she wears a long chiton,
over which is a diploidion, reaching to the hips, and
falling in a fold over the girdle. The aegis, folded like a
narrow band, passes obliquely across the bosom between
the breasts, and has extended from the right shoulder
round the left side, and probably across the back. It is
scalloped on its lower edge, and at the points holes are
pierced for the attachment of serpents of metal. In the
centre of the aegis is another hole, in which a circular
object six inches in diameter, doubtless a Gorgoneion,
has been fixed. Carrey's drawing shows the base of
the neck, which was broken oif before the time of Lord
Elgin. It has been recognised among the fragments
on the Acropolis, and a cast of it is now adjusted to the
marble. It is evident from this that the head of the
goddess was turned towards her antagonist.
Mus. Marbles, VI., pi. 16 j Michaelis, pi 8, fig. 13.