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EAST FRIEZE OP PABTHENON. 81
beardless and youthful, and seated in, an easy attitude.
He has of late years gone by the names of Apollo or
Dionysos. Apollo and Artemis, Dionysos and Demeter,
■would naturally be placed in pairs, and (although Flasch
advocates the contrary arrangement) the general view
(Michaelis, Petersen, Furtwaengler) is that Dionysos and
Demeter are Nos. 24, 25. The names of Apollo and
Artemis then alone remain for Nos. 38, 39, if they belong
to the twelve great gods. A series of holes round the
head shows the position of a bronze wreath.
39. An unveiled woman's figure (No. 39) is seated next,'
wearing a chiton, which is slipping off from the left
shoulder, himation, cap and sandals. This figure is
called Peitho by Michaelis and Petersen, on the ground
that the worship of Peitho was associated with that of
Aphrodite Pandemos (No. 40) on the south side of the
Acropolis. Flasch substituted the name of Demeter,
arguing that Peitho was not entitled to a place among
the great gods of Olympos. He suggested that the right
hand may have held an ear of corn in bronze, attached by
the hole, below the little finger. The position of the
fingers, however, is not appropriate, and the bored holes
do not always imply an attribute (cf. the side of the chair-
leg of Zeus). Furtwaengler, whose Demeter is No. 25,
makes this figure Artemis.
40. The next figure (No. 40), most of which is only pre-
served in Carrey's drawing (Fig. 10), is unmistakably
shown to be Aphrodite, by the winged boy Eros, who
stands at her knee. Aphrodite wears a chiton, himation,
a cap, and, to judge from Carrey's drawing, a veil. She
rests her left hand on the shoulder of Eros, extending
her forefinger, as if pointing out some object in the
41. procession to the boy. Eros (No. 41) carries a parasol
which conveniently fills the space above his head and his
wings.
beardless and youthful, and seated in, an easy attitude.
He has of late years gone by the names of Apollo or
Dionysos. Apollo and Artemis, Dionysos and Demeter,
■would naturally be placed in pairs, and (although Flasch
advocates the contrary arrangement) the general view
(Michaelis, Petersen, Furtwaengler) is that Dionysos and
Demeter are Nos. 24, 25. The names of Apollo and
Artemis then alone remain for Nos. 38, 39, if they belong
to the twelve great gods. A series of holes round the
head shows the position of a bronze wreath.
39. An unveiled woman's figure (No. 39) is seated next,'
wearing a chiton, which is slipping off from the left
shoulder, himation, cap and sandals. This figure is
called Peitho by Michaelis and Petersen, on the ground
that the worship of Peitho was associated with that of
Aphrodite Pandemos (No. 40) on the south side of the
Acropolis. Flasch substituted the name of Demeter,
arguing that Peitho was not entitled to a place among
the great gods of Olympos. He suggested that the right
hand may have held an ear of corn in bronze, attached by
the hole, below the little finger. The position of the
fingers, however, is not appropriate, and the bored holes
do not always imply an attribute (cf. the side of the chair-
leg of Zeus). Furtwaengler, whose Demeter is No. 25,
makes this figure Artemis.
40. The next figure (No. 40), most of which is only pre-
served in Carrey's drawing (Fig. 10), is unmistakably
shown to be Aphrodite, by the winged boy Eros, who
stands at her knee. Aphrodite wears a chiton, himation,
a cap, and, to judge from Carrey's drawing, a veil. She
rests her left hand on the shoulder of Eros, extending
her forefinger, as if pointing out some object in the
41. procession to the boy. Eros (No. 41) carries a parasol
which conveniently fills the space above his head and his
wings.