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

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C ATALOGUE OF SCULPTUliE.

as patron of the city.-—Small Temple near the Stadium,
Cyrene.

Marble. Height, 1 foot 6 J inches. Smith and Porcher, p. 75,
p. 105, No. 116 ; Studniczka, Kyrene, p. 171.

1475. Fragment of a group, representing a bull attacked by
a lion. The bull is prostrate, and the lion has sprung on
him from behind. Of the bull, the body and parts of the
legs remain; of the lion, only the forepaws. The ground
on which the bull lies is painted red.'—Small Temple near
the Stadium, Cyrene.

Marble. Length, 9 inches. Smith and Porcher, p. 105, No. 117.

SCULPTURES FROM THE TEMPLE OF
DIONYSOS.

For an account of the temple, see p. 222.

1476. Young Dionysos, standing, holding a bunch of grapes
in his left hand. The god stands on his left leg with
the right knee slightly bent, and looks a little to his
right. He wears a vine-wreath and broad band round
his head, and long tresses fall on the shoulders. The
preservation of the face and of the elaborately-worked
wreath is remarkably perfect. A mantle passes over
the left shoulder, round the legs, and over the left arm.
He wears sandals, on which is an ivy-leaf ornament.
The right arm and hand are wanting, but fell by the
right side. The form has an effeminate beauty, though
the style is somewhat meretricious. The drapery is
carelessly executed, especially at the back. When this
statue was first found, red colour was visible on the eyes
and the wreath.-—Temple of Dionysos, Cyrene.

Parian marble. Height, 5 feet 9 inches. Smith and Porcher,
pi. 61, pp. 40, 91, 106, No. 118; Eeinach, Repertoire de la
Statuaire, II,, p. 122, fig. 6 ; Graicn-Boman Guide, I., No. 110
A pedestal 2 feet high was found at the western end of the cella
in the temple, on which the figure was thought to have stood.