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EROS.
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dedicated at Tliespiae by Phryne. It has also been
suggested that the prototype of these copies was the
bronze Eros of Lysippos, also at Thespiae (cf. Furt-
waengler, in Eoscher's Lexicon, vol. i., p. 1362). There
are, however, no real grounds for either assumption. The
arrangement of the hair is characteristic of a later period of
art, if not, indeed, entirely unknown to the earlier schools.
The question has been discussed whether the bow is
that of Eros, or whether with the lion's skin it symbolises
the power of Eros over the strength of Heracles, who
has been robbed of his bow. This interpretation is pro-
bably untenable. The same idea is represented in a more
unambiguous way by giving Eros a club, but here there
is nothing in the size of the bow, or the apparent difficulty
of holding it, to show that it is that of Heracles.—-
Towneley Coll.
Parian marble. Height, 1 foot 11§ inches. Restored : small parts
of lion's mask and plinth. This statuette was found by Gavin
Hamilton, in 1776, at Castello di Guido, the supposed site
of the ancient Lorium, where Antoninus Pius died, and
which is situated on the road to Civita Vecchia, about eight
miles from Home. The body and wings were found enclosed in
an amphora, on which account the surface of these parts is in
very fine condition. The wings were broken off at the shoulders,
and the feet, quiver, and pedestal were lying in the earth at
a short distance from the body. Dallaway, p. 305 ; Joum. of
EeUen. Studies, XXI., p. 317 ; Mus. Marbles, X., pi. 21 ; Ellis,
Town. Gall, I., p. 207; Clarac, IV., pi. 650b, No. 1471a ;
Mansell, No. 824; Grwco-Rornan Guide, I., No. 146; Klein,
Praxiteles, p. 231.
The bow is taken for that of Heracles by Friederichs, Amor mit dem
Bogen des Herkules (Berlin, 1867); Wolters, Bausteine, 1582 ;
on the other side see Schwabe, Observ. Archaeol. Particula I.,
(Dorpat, 1869); cf. Phil. Anzeiger,ll., p. 105; and Kngelmann,
(ibid., IV., p. 470); Furtwaengler, in Roscher, I., p. 1362. For
the arrangement of the hair, see Stephani, Gompte-rendu,
1867, p. 42.
1674. Eros stringing (?) a Bow. He stands to the front,
vol. in. f
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dedicated at Tliespiae by Phryne. It has also been
suggested that the prototype of these copies was the
bronze Eros of Lysippos, also at Thespiae (cf. Furt-
waengler, in Eoscher's Lexicon, vol. i., p. 1362). There
are, however, no real grounds for either assumption. The
arrangement of the hair is characteristic of a later period of
art, if not, indeed, entirely unknown to the earlier schools.
The question has been discussed whether the bow is
that of Eros, or whether with the lion's skin it symbolises
the power of Eros over the strength of Heracles, who
has been robbed of his bow. This interpretation is pro-
bably untenable. The same idea is represented in a more
unambiguous way by giving Eros a club, but here there
is nothing in the size of the bow, or the apparent difficulty
of holding it, to show that it is that of Heracles.—-
Towneley Coll.
Parian marble. Height, 1 foot 11§ inches. Restored : small parts
of lion's mask and plinth. This statuette was found by Gavin
Hamilton, in 1776, at Castello di Guido, the supposed site
of the ancient Lorium, where Antoninus Pius died, and
which is situated on the road to Civita Vecchia, about eight
miles from Home. The body and wings were found enclosed in
an amphora, on which account the surface of these parts is in
very fine condition. The wings were broken off at the shoulders,
and the feet, quiver, and pedestal were lying in the earth at
a short distance from the body. Dallaway, p. 305 ; Joum. of
EeUen. Studies, XXI., p. 317 ; Mus. Marbles, X., pi. 21 ; Ellis,
Town. Gall, I., p. 207; Clarac, IV., pi. 650b, No. 1471a ;
Mansell, No. 824; Grwco-Rornan Guide, I., No. 146; Klein,
Praxiteles, p. 231.
The bow is taken for that of Heracles by Friederichs, Amor mit dem
Bogen des Herkules (Berlin, 1867); Wolters, Bausteine, 1582 ;
on the other side see Schwabe, Observ. Archaeol. Particula I.,
(Dorpat, 1869); cf. Phil. Anzeiger,ll., p. 105; and Kngelmann,
(ibid., IV., p. 470); Furtwaengler, in Roscher, I., p. 1362. For
the arrangement of the hair, see Stephani, Gompte-rendu,
1867, p. 42.
1674. Eros stringing (?) a Bow. He stands to the front,
vol. in. f