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WESTERN PEDIMENT OF PARTHENON. 47
supposition E has generally been called Eros associated
with Aphrodite (S).
304 S, Next in Carrey's drawing comes a draped female figure
*• (T), seated, in whose lap is a naked figure (S), evidently
supposed by Carrey and by Dalton to be female. This
is often supposed to be Thalassa, the Sea; the almost
entire nudity of the figure in her lap (S) makes it pro-
bable that Aphrodite is here represented; her position in
the lap of Thalassa would be a way of expressing her
seaborn origin. Two Nereids recline thus in a bronze
relief (Cat. of Bronzes, No. 973; Arch. Zeit., 1884, pi. 2).
According to Brunn, T is a personification of Cape Colias,
and the figure of Aphrodite indicates a shrine of that
Goddess which stood on the cape. Furtwaengler, placing
the daughters of Erechtheus on this side of the pediment,
interprets T as Creusa with Ion on her knees. If, as
seems preferable, the naked figure is Aphrodite, the
boy (E) is probably Eros. The marble fragment (T),
representing the right thigh of a draped female figure
seated on a rock, is probably the only extant remnant of
Thalassa. A mantle has been brought round the lower
limbs of this figure, so that one edge of it falls on the rock
on which she is seated. This disposition of the drapery
is indicated in Carrey's drawings.
Michaelis, pi. 8, fig. 20 ; Furtwaengler, Meisterwerlie, p. 237.
304 U. Next in Carrey's drawing comes a female figure (U),
seated and draped. This had fallen out of the pediment
when Dalton drew it, and no fragment of it can now be
identified. It had lost the head and arms in Carrey's time.
The figure presents no distinctive characteristic by which
she may be identified. She is probably a marine deity.
Brunn interprets her as a personification of Cape Zoster,
and Furtwaengler calls her a daughter of Erechtheus, who
was sacrificed for the public good.
supposition E has generally been called Eros associated
with Aphrodite (S).
304 S, Next in Carrey's drawing comes a draped female figure
*• (T), seated, in whose lap is a naked figure (S), evidently
supposed by Carrey and by Dalton to be female. This
is often supposed to be Thalassa, the Sea; the almost
entire nudity of the figure in her lap (S) makes it pro-
bable that Aphrodite is here represented; her position in
the lap of Thalassa would be a way of expressing her
seaborn origin. Two Nereids recline thus in a bronze
relief (Cat. of Bronzes, No. 973; Arch. Zeit., 1884, pi. 2).
According to Brunn, T is a personification of Cape Colias,
and the figure of Aphrodite indicates a shrine of that
Goddess which stood on the cape. Furtwaengler, placing
the daughters of Erechtheus on this side of the pediment,
interprets T as Creusa with Ion on her knees. If, as
seems preferable, the naked figure is Aphrodite, the
boy (E) is probably Eros. The marble fragment (T),
representing the right thigh of a draped female figure
seated on a rock, is probably the only extant remnant of
Thalassa. A mantle has been brought round the lower
limbs of this figure, so that one edge of it falls on the rock
on which she is seated. This disposition of the drapery
is indicated in Carrey's drawings.
Michaelis, pi. 8, fig. 20 ; Furtwaengler, Meisterwerlie, p. 237.
304 U. Next in Carrey's drawing comes a female figure (U),
seated and draped. This had fallen out of the pediment
when Dalton drew it, and no fragment of it can now be
identified. It had lost the head and arms in Carrey's time.
The figure presents no distinctive characteristic by which
she may be identified. She is probably a marine deity.
Brunn interprets her as a personification of Cape Zoster,
and Furtwaengler calls her a daughter of Erechtheus, who
was sacrificed for the public good.