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CATALOGUE OF SCULPTURE.
the peribolos. The cramps and other fragments of hronze
had not been removed, and all seemed to indicate that the
contents of the heap had fallen together from the summit
of the building, and were lying as they fell. It should,
however, be stated that some sculptures were found inter-
mixed which did not belong to the chariot group.
The connexion of the figures with the chariot, which
was inferred by Sir C. Newton from the way in which
they were found, has been disputed by Stark (Philologus,
xxi., p. 464), who preferred to put the statues inside the
cella, and who has been followed by various writers (most
recently by Prof. P. Gardner, Journ. of Rellan. Studies,
xiii., p. 188). The main objections raised are that the
horses are too large for the figures, and that the state of
the statues shows that they cannot have stood in such an
exposed position. But the great variety in proportions
employed by Greek artists for horses makes any argument
on this basis inconclusive,* and the surface of the horses
is, in part, as unchanged by weather as that of the statues
(cf. Atlieneeum, March 1892, p. 350; Oldfield, Arclimologia,
lv., p. 365).
The Mausolos was placed on the sinister side of his
companion by Sir C. Newton, on the supposition that the
female figure was a goddess, holding the reins, as Athene
on the black-figure vases drives the chariot of Heracles.
It is more probable that she represents Artemisia, since the
two figures are in the normal proportions of a man and
woman, while a goddess would be at least as large as her
companion. The two figures seem to group best together
when placed as now. Moreover, a part of the drapery by the
left leg of Mausolos has been cut away by intention, and
* If we compare the length of head of man and horse, we obtain, e.g.,
Head of 'Theseus' = '381 of head of horse of Helios; head of Mausolos
— ' 366 of head of chariot horse ; head of modern man = • 375 of head of
horse.
CATALOGUE OF SCULPTURE.
the peribolos. The cramps and other fragments of hronze
had not been removed, and all seemed to indicate that the
contents of the heap had fallen together from the summit
of the building, and were lying as they fell. It should,
however, be stated that some sculptures were found inter-
mixed which did not belong to the chariot group.
The connexion of the figures with the chariot, which
was inferred by Sir C. Newton from the way in which
they were found, has been disputed by Stark (Philologus,
xxi., p. 464), who preferred to put the statues inside the
cella, and who has been followed by various writers (most
recently by Prof. P. Gardner, Journ. of Rellan. Studies,
xiii., p. 188). The main objections raised are that the
horses are too large for the figures, and that the state of
the statues shows that they cannot have stood in such an
exposed position. But the great variety in proportions
employed by Greek artists for horses makes any argument
on this basis inconclusive,* and the surface of the horses
is, in part, as unchanged by weather as that of the statues
(cf. Atlieneeum, March 1892, p. 350; Oldfield, Arclimologia,
lv., p. 365).
The Mausolos was placed on the sinister side of his
companion by Sir C. Newton, on the supposition that the
female figure was a goddess, holding the reins, as Athene
on the black-figure vases drives the chariot of Heracles.
It is more probable that she represents Artemisia, since the
two figures are in the normal proportions of a man and
woman, while a goddess would be at least as large as her
companion. The two figures seem to group best together
when placed as now. Moreover, a part of the drapery by the
left leg of Mausolos has been cut away by intention, and
* If we compare the length of head of man and horse, we obtain, e.g.,
Head of 'Theseus' = '381 of head of horse of Helios; head of Mausolos
— ' 366 of head of chariot horse ; head of modern man = • 375 of head of
horse.