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48 CATALOGUE OF SCULPTUBE.
304 U*. Between TJ and V the system of Prof. Furtwaengler
requires the interpolation of a considerable male figure
(Erechtheus), Carrey shows a small interval at this
point, hut the marks on the floor of the pediment appear
to be unfavourable, and Schwerzek's reconstruction showed
that there was not room even for the figure of a child.
Sauer, Athenische IKttheilungen, 1891, p. 67; Furtwaengler, Meister-
icerke, p. 225; Schwerzek, ErlSuterungen, p. 31.
304 V, Ilissos or Kephissos and Callirrhoe (?).—(Casts). The
W. draped female figure (W) reclining in the extreme angle
of the pediment appears in Carrey's drawing leaning on
her right elbow, and with her head turned towards the
male figure (V) who kneels on both knees, inclining his
body towards his companion, and leaning on his left arm.
The manner in which these figures are here associated
suggests an intimate relation between the two. The
female figure has the character of a local Nymph, and it
is therefore suggested that the celebrated Athenian foun-
tain Callirrhoe mey be personified by this figure, and in
that case the male figure next to her (V), though not in
the reclining attitude usually characteristic of Eiver-gods,
may be the Ilissos, out of whose bed the fountain Callirrhoe
rises. Brunn holds that Y is a personification of the Attic
coast, Paralia. This, however, appears, from a recently-
discovered inscription, to be represented as female (Athen-
ische Mittheilungen, xiii., p. 221); "W according to the same
archaeologist is a personification of the Myrtoan Sea.
Furtwaengler calls V and "W Butes and his wife. The
former was associated with Erechtheus, and was wor-
shipped in tha Erechtheion. The latter was called
Chthonia, and is sometimes identified with the sacrificed
daughter of Erechtheus (Furtwaengler's TJ).
Dalton's drawing shows no indication of either of these
figures, though the lower half of the Callirrhoe is to this
304 U*. Between TJ and V the system of Prof. Furtwaengler
requires the interpolation of a considerable male figure
(Erechtheus), Carrey shows a small interval at this
point, hut the marks on the floor of the pediment appear
to be unfavourable, and Schwerzek's reconstruction showed
that there was not room even for the figure of a child.
Sauer, Athenische IKttheilungen, 1891, p. 67; Furtwaengler, Meister-
icerke, p. 225; Schwerzek, ErlSuterungen, p. 31.
304 V, Ilissos or Kephissos and Callirrhoe (?).—(Casts). The
W. draped female figure (W) reclining in the extreme angle
of the pediment appears in Carrey's drawing leaning on
her right elbow, and with her head turned towards the
male figure (V) who kneels on both knees, inclining his
body towards his companion, and leaning on his left arm.
The manner in which these figures are here associated
suggests an intimate relation between the two. The
female figure has the character of a local Nymph, and it
is therefore suggested that the celebrated Athenian foun-
tain Callirrhoe mey be personified by this figure, and in
that case the male figure next to her (V), though not in
the reclining attitude usually characteristic of Eiver-gods,
may be the Ilissos, out of whose bed the fountain Callirrhoe
rises. Brunn holds that Y is a personification of the Attic
coast, Paralia. This, however, appears, from a recently-
discovered inscription, to be represented as female (Athen-
ische Mittheilungen, xiii., p. 221); "W according to the same
archaeologist is a personification of the Myrtoan Sea.
Furtwaengler calls V and "W Butes and his wife. The
former was associated with Erechtheus, and was wor-
shipped in tha Erechtheion. The latter was called
Chthonia, and is sometimes identified with the sacrificed
daughter of Erechtheus (Furtwaengler's TJ).
Dalton's drawing shows no indication of either of these
figures, though the lower half of the Callirrhoe is to this