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SCULPTURES FROM CYRENE.
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lyre, which is supported by the trunk of a tree. His
left hand, now lost, must have touched the strings of the
lyre, while the right arm was raised. The right ha.nd,
resting upon the crown of the head, has held the plectrum
with which he is about to strike the lyre. On the hair is
a projection where this hand has been attached.
The long hair is brought to each side from the
middle of the forehead, and falls in tresses on the
shoulders. It is confined by a wreath. He wears sandals
and a mantle, which passes from the left shoulder, across
the back, and about the legs. The lyre is highly decorated,
the form of an Amazon's shield being frequently repeated
as an ornament. A bow and quiver hang from the tree,
the quiver being slung by a leather strap (such as is seen
in No. 208). Traces of red colour may be seen on the tree
and quiver. One of the ends of the bow terminates in the
head of a Gryphon ; the other end is wanting. A serpent
is coiled about the stem of the tree. The head is upturned
as if he were listening to the music of the god.
Several specimens are extant of this type. The chief
examples are a statue in the Capitoline Museum at Koine
(Clarac, pi. 490, fig. 954) and a statue from the Farnese
collection in the Museum at Naples (Clarac, pi. 480, fig.
921 B). See also the list of Overbeck, Gr. Kunstmythologie,
iv., p. 189. The fact that several replicas are extant makes
it probable that they are derived from a noted original,
which however has not yet been identified. It may perhaps
date from the fourth century.—Temple of Apollo, Gyrene.
Parian marble. Hi-ight, with plinth, 7 feet 6 inches. Much mended,
being composed of 123 fragments, but not otherwise restored.
Smith and Porcher, pi. 62, p. 91, p. 99, No. 1; Grmco-Boman
Guide,!., No. 114; llansell, No. 815; 1229 (head); Overbeck,
Gr. Kunstmythologie, pi. 21, fig. 34; text, IV., pp. 124, 189;
Reinach, Repertoire de la Statuaire, II., p. 96, fig. 5. The figure
was found on the floor of the cella, near a large square pedestal
on which it had stood.
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lyre, which is supported by the trunk of a tree. His
left hand, now lost, must have touched the strings of the
lyre, while the right arm was raised. The right ha.nd,
resting upon the crown of the head, has held the plectrum
with which he is about to strike the lyre. On the hair is
a projection where this hand has been attached.
The long hair is brought to each side from the
middle of the forehead, and falls in tresses on the
shoulders. It is confined by a wreath. He wears sandals
and a mantle, which passes from the left shoulder, across
the back, and about the legs. The lyre is highly decorated,
the form of an Amazon's shield being frequently repeated
as an ornament. A bow and quiver hang from the tree,
the quiver being slung by a leather strap (such as is seen
in No. 208). Traces of red colour may be seen on the tree
and quiver. One of the ends of the bow terminates in the
head of a Gryphon ; the other end is wanting. A serpent
is coiled about the stem of the tree. The head is upturned
as if he were listening to the music of the god.
Several specimens are extant of this type. The chief
examples are a statue in the Capitoline Museum at Koine
(Clarac, pi. 490, fig. 954) and a statue from the Farnese
collection in the Museum at Naples (Clarac, pi. 480, fig.
921 B). See also the list of Overbeck, Gr. Kunstmythologie,
iv., p. 189. The fact that several replicas are extant makes
it probable that they are derived from a noted original,
which however has not yet been identified. It may perhaps
date from the fourth century.—Temple of Apollo, Gyrene.
Parian marble. Hi-ight, with plinth, 7 feet 6 inches. Much mended,
being composed of 123 fragments, but not otherwise restored.
Smith and Porcher, pi. 62, p. 91, p. 99, No. 1; Grmco-Boman
Guide,!., No. 114; llansell, No. 815; 1229 (head); Overbeck,
Gr. Kunstmythologie, pi. 21, fig. 34; text, IV., pp. 124, 189;
Reinach, Repertoire de la Statuaire, II., p. 96, fig. 5. The figure
was found on the floor of the cella, near a large square pedestal
on which it had stood.