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VOTIVE BELIEFS.
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her mantle over her head as a veil, holds her right hand,
wrapped in her mantle, near her chin. With the left
hand she holds the flying end of the mantle of the middle
figure, who advances in the same way to left. Her hair
is tied in a large knot above her head. The third figure
is partly broken away on the left. She was probably the
last, since her left hand is on her hip. At her feet is
a rough altar of rock. The scene is represented as an
irregular rock cavern. In the rocks, on the right side, is
a colossal head of the river-god Acheloos, though no dis-
tinctive attributes are indicated. The figures of Pan and
Hermes were probably on the left side. Inscribed : ...
ave6rjK~\ev ITavi, Nv/x0at?. Work of the 4th-3rd cent. b.c.
Yotive reliefs to Pan and the Nymphs, such as the
present example, have been found in considerable numbers
in the neighbourhood of Athens. The most complete ex-
amples show Pan, seated or standing in his cave, Hermes
leading three Nymphs, the mask of Acheloos, and figures
of worshippers. In abbreviated renderings Hermes and
the worshippers are omitted. Acheloos, who was regarded
as the father of the Nymphs, was associated with their
worship, as the source of water-springs (cf. Plato, Phaedr.,
p. 230). In one example he appears as a person instead
of a mask ("E<£. 'Apx-, 1893, pL 10). Koughly sketched
work, with types used in the later Attic reliefs.—Athens.
Pentelic marble. Height, 1 foot inches ; width, 1 foot 8 inches.
Bought, 1895. Arch. Anzeiger, 1896, p. 143; W. C. Perry,
Women of Homer, p. 57. For this group of reliefs see Pottier,
Bull, cle Corr. Hellenique, V., p. 349 ; Furtwaengler, Sabouroff
Coll., L, pi. 28; Harrison, Myth, and Monuments, pp. 546, 547 ;
'E<£. 'Apx-, 1893, p. 135 ; Amer. Jov.rn. of Arch., 2nd ser., VII.,
p. 301.
2159. Fragment of a votive relief, dedicated to Asclepios and
Hygieia. The hoofs and lower parts of six legs of horses,
and a part of a seventh, are preserved, probably part of a
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her mantle over her head as a veil, holds her right hand,
wrapped in her mantle, near her chin. With the left
hand she holds the flying end of the mantle of the middle
figure, who advances in the same way to left. Her hair
is tied in a large knot above her head. The third figure
is partly broken away on the left. She was probably the
last, since her left hand is on her hip. At her feet is
a rough altar of rock. The scene is represented as an
irregular rock cavern. In the rocks, on the right side, is
a colossal head of the river-god Acheloos, though no dis-
tinctive attributes are indicated. The figures of Pan and
Hermes were probably on the left side. Inscribed : ...
ave6rjK~\ev ITavi, Nv/x0at?. Work of the 4th-3rd cent. b.c.
Yotive reliefs to Pan and the Nymphs, such as the
present example, have been found in considerable numbers
in the neighbourhood of Athens. The most complete ex-
amples show Pan, seated or standing in his cave, Hermes
leading three Nymphs, the mask of Acheloos, and figures
of worshippers. In abbreviated renderings Hermes and
the worshippers are omitted. Acheloos, who was regarded
as the father of the Nymphs, was associated with their
worship, as the source of water-springs (cf. Plato, Phaedr.,
p. 230). In one example he appears as a person instead
of a mask ("E<£. 'Apx-, 1893, pL 10). Koughly sketched
work, with types used in the later Attic reliefs.—Athens.
Pentelic marble. Height, 1 foot inches ; width, 1 foot 8 inches.
Bought, 1895. Arch. Anzeiger, 1896, p. 143; W. C. Perry,
Women of Homer, p. 57. For this group of reliefs see Pottier,
Bull, cle Corr. Hellenique, V., p. 349 ; Furtwaengler, Sabouroff
Coll., L, pi. 28; Harrison, Myth, and Monuments, pp. 546, 547 ;
'E<£. 'Apx-, 1893, p. 135 ; Amer. Jov.rn. of Arch., 2nd ser., VII.,
p. 301.
2159. Fragment of a votive relief, dedicated to Asclepios and
Hygieia. The hoofs and lower parts of six legs of horses,
and a part of a seventh, are preserved, probably part of a