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CATALOGUE OF SCULPTURE.
described how the Lyeians under the leadership of Pericles
warred on the people of Telmessos, and invested their city, and
reduced them to a capitulation (Theopompos,//-. Ill, in Miiller,
Hist. Gr. Min., I., p. 295). If the subject of the frieze'is the
taking of Telmessos, the monument may very well be the tomb
of Pericles, who died at an uncertain date, not long after that
event (Urlichs, Verh. der XIX. Versammlunij deutsch. Philologen
etc. in Braunschweig, p. 65 ; Michaelis, Annali dell' Inst. 1875,
p. 173 ; Overbeck, Gr. Plast., 4th ed., II., p. 197; Six, Journal
of Ilellen. Studies, XIII., p. 133). Furtwaengler (Arch. Zeit.,
1882, p. 359) also connected the monument with the capture of
Telmessos, but assigned a much earlier date (soon after 425 B.C.)
to that event. This, however, is inconsistent with the evidence
of the coins of Pericles. A yet earlier date is now suggested by
Furtwaengler (Meisterwerke, p. 220. Compare Amelung, Horn.
Mittlieilunijen, 1894, p. 169).
The sculptures and interpretations are discussed by Birch, Archwo-
logia, XXX., p. 192 ; Gerhard and E. Braun, Arch. Zeit, 1844,
p. 353; Braun, Ehein. Mus., N.F. III. (1845), p. 490; Gibson,
Mus. of Class. Antiq., I., p. 131; W. W. Lloyd, Xanthiar
Marbles: the Nereid Monument, 1845. See also the references
given above, and the general histories of sculpture, as Overbeck,
Griech. Plast, 4th ed., II., p. 190; Murray, 2nd ed., II., p. 203 ;
Mrs. Mitchell, p. 408; Wolters, Nos. 913-992 ; Colliguon, II.,
p. 215 ; Gardner, Handbook, p. 344.
The second frieze is published by Falkener, Mus. of Class. Antiq., I.,
but the only fairly complete publication of the whole of the
sculptures is that of Michaelis, Man. dell' Inst., X., pis. 11-18 ;
Annali del? Inst, 1874, p. 216 ; 1875, p. 68.
THE FIRST FRIEZE.
The principal frieze of the Nereid Monument is repre-
sented by a series of blocks having a combined length of
74 feet 1^ inches. The total length of the original frieze,'
judging from the size of the foundation, was about
110 feet. A length of 35 feet 10^ inches is therefore want-
ing ; and one of the missing slabs is known to have been
a corner slab, the two faces of which are together about
6 feet 9 inches. Allowing for the condition of two of the
CATALOGUE OF SCULPTURE.
described how the Lyeians under the leadership of Pericles
warred on the people of Telmessos, and invested their city, and
reduced them to a capitulation (Theopompos,//-. Ill, in Miiller,
Hist. Gr. Min., I., p. 295). If the subject of the frieze'is the
taking of Telmessos, the monument may very well be the tomb
of Pericles, who died at an uncertain date, not long after that
event (Urlichs, Verh. der XIX. Versammlunij deutsch. Philologen
etc. in Braunschweig, p. 65 ; Michaelis, Annali dell' Inst. 1875,
p. 173 ; Overbeck, Gr. Plast., 4th ed., II., p. 197; Six, Journal
of Ilellen. Studies, XIII., p. 133). Furtwaengler (Arch. Zeit.,
1882, p. 359) also connected the monument with the capture of
Telmessos, but assigned a much earlier date (soon after 425 B.C.)
to that event. This, however, is inconsistent with the evidence
of the coins of Pericles. A yet earlier date is now suggested by
Furtwaengler (Meisterwerke, p. 220. Compare Amelung, Horn.
Mittlieilunijen, 1894, p. 169).
The sculptures and interpretations are discussed by Birch, Archwo-
logia, XXX., p. 192 ; Gerhard and E. Braun, Arch. Zeit, 1844,
p. 353; Braun, Ehein. Mus., N.F. III. (1845), p. 490; Gibson,
Mus. of Class. Antiq., I., p. 131; W. W. Lloyd, Xanthiar
Marbles: the Nereid Monument, 1845. See also the references
given above, and the general histories of sculpture, as Overbeck,
Griech. Plast, 4th ed., II., p. 190; Murray, 2nd ed., II., p. 203 ;
Mrs. Mitchell, p. 408; Wolters, Nos. 913-992 ; Colliguon, II.,
p. 215 ; Gardner, Handbook, p. 344.
The second frieze is published by Falkener, Mus. of Class. Antiq., I.,
but the only fairly complete publication of the whole of the
sculptures is that of Michaelis, Man. dell' Inst., X., pis. 11-18 ;
Annali del? Inst, 1874, p. 216 ; 1875, p. 68.
THE FIRST FRIEZE.
The principal frieze of the Nereid Monument is repre-
sented by a series of blocks having a combined length of
74 feet 1^ inches. The total length of the original frieze,'
judging from the size of the foundation, was about
110 feet. A length of 35 feet 10^ inches is therefore want-
ing ; and one of the missing slabs is known to have been
a corner slab, the two faces of which are together about
6 feet 9 inches. Allowing for the condition of two of the