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MUSES.
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1685. Statue of Thalia, the Muse of Comedy. She stands
with the left leg bent, and with the weight principally
on the right leg. She looks to her right. The right
arm is extended and rests on a shepherd's crook (pedum),
of which the curved end presses against the right thigh.
The left hand holds up the folds of a mantle which passes
about the body and over the left arm. She also wears
sandals, and a long chiton, with sleeves fastened by
studs. It is girt below the breasts, and confined by
strings crossed on her back so as to pass over the
shoulders and under the arms. Her head is crowned with
ivy, the hair falling down the neck below the bosom.—
Toicneley Coll.
Marble. Height, including plinth, 6 feet ^ inch ; height of plinth,
3 inches. Restored : nose, ivy leaves, parts of draper}-, little
finger of left hand, right arm and pedum ; but the correctness
of the restoration can hardly be doubted, as the place where
the pedum rested against the body may still be seen. Found
by Gavin Hamilton, at Ostia, in 1775, within a few yards of
the spot where the Venus (No. 1576) was discovered ; Mus.
Marbles, III., pi. 5; Ellis, Town. Gall., I., p. 197 (= Vaux,
Handbook, p. 211); Clarac, III., pi. 510, No. 1030; Mansell,
No. 834; Grmco-Roman Guide, I., No. 155; Journ. of Hellen.
Studies, XXI., p. 316.
1686. Statuette of a Muse playing on the lyre. The figure is
seated on a rock, and leans somewhat to her left over her
lyre. She wears a long chiton fastened with studs on the
sleeves and girt under the breasts; a mantle is thrown
round the lower half of her body, and falls over the rock ;
on her feet are sandals. This figure is probably Erato.—
Toicneley Coll.
Parian marble. Height, 2 feet 1J inches. Restored: head, right arm
with shoulder and breast, left arm from a little above elbow,
upper part of lyre, feet, knees, rock, and parts of drapery.
Mus. Marbles, X., pi. 22 ; Ellis, Town. Gall., I., p. 231 ; Clarac,
III., pi. 539, No. 1059a; Mansell, Xos. 840, 1131; Greeco-
Roman Guide, I., No. 152.
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1685. Statue of Thalia, the Muse of Comedy. She stands
with the left leg bent, and with the weight principally
on the right leg. She looks to her right. The right
arm is extended and rests on a shepherd's crook (pedum),
of which the curved end presses against the right thigh.
The left hand holds up the folds of a mantle which passes
about the body and over the left arm. She also wears
sandals, and a long chiton, with sleeves fastened by
studs. It is girt below the breasts, and confined by
strings crossed on her back so as to pass over the
shoulders and under the arms. Her head is crowned with
ivy, the hair falling down the neck below the bosom.—
Toicneley Coll.
Marble. Height, including plinth, 6 feet ^ inch ; height of plinth,
3 inches. Restored : nose, ivy leaves, parts of draper}-, little
finger of left hand, right arm and pedum ; but the correctness
of the restoration can hardly be doubted, as the place where
the pedum rested against the body may still be seen. Found
by Gavin Hamilton, at Ostia, in 1775, within a few yards of
the spot where the Venus (No. 1576) was discovered ; Mus.
Marbles, III., pi. 5; Ellis, Town. Gall., I., p. 197 (= Vaux,
Handbook, p. 211); Clarac, III., pi. 510, No. 1030; Mansell,
No. 834; Grmco-Roman Guide, I., No. 155; Journ. of Hellen.
Studies, XXI., p. 316.
1686. Statuette of a Muse playing on the lyre. The figure is
seated on a rock, and leans somewhat to her left over her
lyre. She wears a long chiton fastened with studs on the
sleeves and girt under the breasts; a mantle is thrown
round the lower half of her body, and falls over the rock ;
on her feet are sandals. This figure is probably Erato.—
Toicneley Coll.
Parian marble. Height, 2 feet 1J inches. Restored: head, right arm
with shoulder and breast, left arm from a little above elbow,
upper part of lyre, feet, knees, rock, and parts of drapery.
Mus. Marbles, X., pi. 22 ; Ellis, Town. Gall., I., p. 231 ; Clarac,
III., pi. 539, No. 1059a; Mansell, Xos. 840, 1131; Greeco-
Roman Guide, I., No. 152.