Smith, Arthur H. [Hrsg.]; British Museum <London> / Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities [Hrsg.]: Catalogue of sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities (Band 2) (London, 1900)

SCULPTURES FROM CYRENE. 243

1438*. Apollo seated. Lower part of a relief. On the right
is the lower part of a draped Apollo seated above rocks.
His right hand lies in his lap, his right foot rests on the
omphalos, the lyre stands on his left side. In the centre
is a large tripod supporting a basin, above it the claws of
a bird (?). On the left of the tripod is the Gryphon upon
a plinth, and an ithyphallio bearded term. Inscribed:

KaOapov $lko.lov TTLcrtrrbv aXaOts
■yrvevfxa 6eov o~<DTTjpos A7ro'AAa>vos

The inscription approximately suggests two hexameters,
of which the beginning of the first, and the end of the
second are wanting.— Temple of Aphrodite, Gyrene.

Marble. Height, 8j inches; width. 10J inches. Smith and Porcher.
p. 103, No. 72. See Fig. 11.

1439. TEgipan. Standing figure of the goat-legged Pan, in
front of a pine tree, the figure and the tree together
forming a pillar. He has Satyr's ears, and goat's beard
and horns. Round the body is a fawn's skin, arranged
like a mantle, in which the right hand and arm are
muffled; the left hand holds a syrinx. The head and
hoofs of the fawn's skin hang at the left side. Above the
head is a circular socket. Red colour is quite distinct on
the drapery, the face and ears of the figure, and on the
tree.—Temple of Aphrodite, Gyrene.

Marble. Height, 3 feet 6f inches. Smith and Porcher, p. 103,
No. 73 ; Grwco-llomnn Guide. II., No. 19. For a similar type of
Pan, in Athens, see (Jlarac, pi. 72Gf, No. 173Gk.

1440. Aristaeus (?). Youthful male figure, standing, leaning
on a knotted staff, about which a serpent is twisted, and
with the right hand resting on the hip. He has long hair,
falling down on each side of his face, and wears what
seems to be a mural crown. He wears sandals and a

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