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ATHLETIC FIGURES, ETC
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was on horseback, is a straight joint. Both forearms are
broken away, but there are indications above the hips
that the arms were advanced, as in riding. The head,
now lost, was fixed in a socket.
Marble. Height, 2 feet 3£ inches. Archaeolpgia, XLIX., p. 375.
751. Torso of a figure wearing a sleeved tunic girt with a
sash, knotted in front, and wearing a cloak fastened with
a brooch on the right shoulder. Under the left arm is a
sword sheath, partly concealed by the cloak. The head,
which was fixed in a socket, and the forearms, which
were attached by joints, are now wanting. A large flat
surface, with two dowel holes in front of the lower part of
the torso, may be the place of attachment of the chariot
front, if this figure is that of a charioteer. Below the
torso is a flat bed.
Marble. Height, 2 feet 3 inches. Archaeologist, XLIX., p. 375.
752. Head of an armed Eunner (?). Beardless athletic head,
wearing a Corinthian helmet. Short curling hair comes
out from under the helmet, and is seen through the eye-
holes. The lips are slightly parted, and the head is
shown by the angle of the neck to be thrust consider ably
forward. It has been suggested on grounds of style that
this may be a Graeco-Boman copy of a statue of an armed
runner, and a work of Cresilas. Though no such figure is
recorded among the sculptures of that artist, the subject
is not alien from the spirit of his work.—Rome.
Parian marble. Height, 1 foot 1 inch. Restored : nose. Bought,
1899. Murray, Arch. Anzeiger, 1900, p. 214 ; Mansell, No. 1151.
753. Figure of a young Athlete preparing to throw the disk.
He stands turning to his right, with the right foot
advanced, with the weight thrown on his left leg. He
holds the disk by his left side in the left hand, and
extends the right hand. He appears to be balancing
himself, and testing his footing, immediately before
105
was on horseback, is a straight joint. Both forearms are
broken away, but there are indications above the hips
that the arms were advanced, as in riding. The head,
now lost, was fixed in a socket.
Marble. Height, 2 feet 3£ inches. Archaeolpgia, XLIX., p. 375.
751. Torso of a figure wearing a sleeved tunic girt with a
sash, knotted in front, and wearing a cloak fastened with
a brooch on the right shoulder. Under the left arm is a
sword sheath, partly concealed by the cloak. The head,
which was fixed in a socket, and the forearms, which
were attached by joints, are now wanting. A large flat
surface, with two dowel holes in front of the lower part of
the torso, may be the place of attachment of the chariot
front, if this figure is that of a charioteer. Below the
torso is a flat bed.
Marble. Height, 2 feet 3 inches. Archaeologist, XLIX., p. 375.
752. Head of an armed Eunner (?). Beardless athletic head,
wearing a Corinthian helmet. Short curling hair comes
out from under the helmet, and is seen through the eye-
holes. The lips are slightly parted, and the head is
shown by the angle of the neck to be thrust consider ably
forward. It has been suggested on grounds of style that
this may be a Graeco-Boman copy of a statue of an armed
runner, and a work of Cresilas. Though no such figure is
recorded among the sculptures of that artist, the subject
is not alien from the spirit of his work.—Rome.
Parian marble. Height, 1 foot 1 inch. Restored : nose. Bought,
1899. Murray, Arch. Anzeiger, 1900, p. 214 ; Mansell, No. 1151.
753. Figure of a young Athlete preparing to throw the disk.
He stands turning to his right, with the right foot
advanced, with the weight thrown on his left leg. He
holds the disk by his left side in the left hand, and
extends the right hand. He appears to be balancing
himself, and testing his footing, immediately before