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FRIEZE FROM PRIENK.
157
placed at a higher level. From No. 1172 we know
that the height above the projecting ledge was 2 feet
7i inches. It has been suggested that the frieze, which
was found on the site of the cella, decorated a balustrade
in front of the statue of the goddess within the temple
(Kayet and Thomas, ii., p. 21), but no traces of such an
arrangement were found by the excavators. On the right
side of No. 1176, 9 is a slightly raised vertical border,
which would be suitable for an internal decoration, and
elsewhere there are traces of vertical members, perhaps
pilasters, placed at intervals, and dividing the frieze into
panels. The frieze not being a part of the Order, there is
no reason to connect it with the building of the temple
in the time of Alexander, and recent critics have regarded
it as subsequent to the frieze of Pergamon, and not, as
had been suggested, an earlier stage in the development of
the Gigantomachia.
Kayet and Thomas, II., pi. 15; Antiqs.of Ionia, IV., p. 33, pi. 19;
Overbeck, Gr. Plastih, 3rd ed., II., p. 102; 4th ed., II., pp. 136,
405 ; Furtwaengler, Arch. Zeit., 1881, p. 306; Murray, 2nd ed.,
II., p. 305; Wolters, Jahrbuch ties Arch. Inst., I., p. 56;
Mausoleum Room Guide, Nos. P. 12-23.
Group of a male figure, probably a Giant, who has
fallen on rocky ground, leaning on his left arm and
shield. On the left is the lap of a heavily draped
female (?) figure broken off above the ankles and below
the hips ; she is clad in a long chiton over which is cast
a mantle ; her knees are turned nearly to the front; this
is probably a goddess. Of the male figure, the head,
light arm and shoulder, the left leg from the knee, and
right leg from the top of the thigh nearly to the ankle,
are wanting. Beside the great toe of his right foot is
drillod a hole. The right foot is unfinished.
Height, 1 foot 2J inches.
157
placed at a higher level. From No. 1172 we know
that the height above the projecting ledge was 2 feet
7i inches. It has been suggested that the frieze, which
was found on the site of the cella, decorated a balustrade
in front of the statue of the goddess within the temple
(Kayet and Thomas, ii., p. 21), but no traces of such an
arrangement were found by the excavators. On the right
side of No. 1176, 9 is a slightly raised vertical border,
which would be suitable for an internal decoration, and
elsewhere there are traces of vertical members, perhaps
pilasters, placed at intervals, and dividing the frieze into
panels. The frieze not being a part of the Order, there is
no reason to connect it with the building of the temple
in the time of Alexander, and recent critics have regarded
it as subsequent to the frieze of Pergamon, and not, as
had been suggested, an earlier stage in the development of
the Gigantomachia.
Kayet and Thomas, II., pi. 15; Antiqs.of Ionia, IV., p. 33, pi. 19;
Overbeck, Gr. Plastih, 3rd ed., II., p. 102; 4th ed., II., pp. 136,
405 ; Furtwaengler, Arch. Zeit., 1881, p. 306; Murray, 2nd ed.,
II., p. 305; Wolters, Jahrbuch ties Arch. Inst., I., p. 56;
Mausoleum Room Guide, Nos. P. 12-23.
Group of a male figure, probably a Giant, who has
fallen on rocky ground, leaning on his left arm and
shield. On the left is the lap of a heavily draped
female (?) figure broken off above the ankles and below
the hips ; she is clad in a long chiton over which is cast
a mantle ; her knees are turned nearly to the front; this
is probably a goddess. Of the male figure, the head,
light arm and shoulder, the left leg from the knee, and
right leg from the top of the thigh nearly to the ankle,
are wanting. Beside the great toe of his right foot is
drillod a hole. The right foot is unfinished.
Height, 1 foot 2J inches.