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CASTS OF SCULPTURE.
447
seems likely that the statue was that of an athlete,
perhaps a boxer. The work is assigned (by Furtwaengler)
to the third century b.c. The original was discovered in
the German excavations at Olympia in 1878.
Length, 11j inches. Elgin Boom Guide, II., No. K. 4. Furtwaengler,
Die Bronzen ton Olympia {Olympia, edd. Curtius and Adler, IV.),
pL 3, p. 11.
2709. Cast of the chair of the priest of Dionysos Eleuthereus
found at Athens in 1862. The two lower ranges of seats
in the theatre of Dionysos bore inscriptions which showed
that they were reserved for various official dignitaries.
The chair here described is placed in the centre of the
lowest row, possesses arms, and was evidently the post of
highest distinction in the theatre.
On the back of the seat inside, two Satyrs, placed back
to back, are turned in opposite directions, with their arms
bent back; from them hangs a conventionally treated
bunch of grapes.
On the outside of each arm of the chair a winged male
figure is stooping down, setting two cocks to fight. The
reliefs are considerably worn. The space behind these
figures is filled up with a curved ornament in relief,
terminating in an acanthus leaf. Below the relief is a
horizontal moulding, bent round at one end and termi-
nating in a swan's head. The leg of the seat terminates
in a lion's claw, and is ornamented at the side with a
spiral in relief. On the front of the chair below the seat
is a relief, representing two figures in Persian costume,
each attacking a lion-headed and horned Gryphon with a
harpe. There is a marked contrast between the freely
treated figures with the cocks and the strongly decorative
Asiatics and Gryphons. The Satyrs, conventionally
posed, but freely treated, occupy an intermediate position.
Below is the inscription Tepecos Aiovvaov 'EAeu^epews, which
declares this to be the chair of the priest of Dionysos
447
seems likely that the statue was that of an athlete,
perhaps a boxer. The work is assigned (by Furtwaengler)
to the third century b.c. The original was discovered in
the German excavations at Olympia in 1878.
Length, 11j inches. Elgin Boom Guide, II., No. K. 4. Furtwaengler,
Die Bronzen ton Olympia {Olympia, edd. Curtius and Adler, IV.),
pL 3, p. 11.
2709. Cast of the chair of the priest of Dionysos Eleuthereus
found at Athens in 1862. The two lower ranges of seats
in the theatre of Dionysos bore inscriptions which showed
that they were reserved for various official dignitaries.
The chair here described is placed in the centre of the
lowest row, possesses arms, and was evidently the post of
highest distinction in the theatre.
On the back of the seat inside, two Satyrs, placed back
to back, are turned in opposite directions, with their arms
bent back; from them hangs a conventionally treated
bunch of grapes.
On the outside of each arm of the chair a winged male
figure is stooping down, setting two cocks to fight. The
reliefs are considerably worn. The space behind these
figures is filled up with a curved ornament in relief,
terminating in an acanthus leaf. Below the relief is a
horizontal moulding, bent round at one end and termi-
nating in a swan's head. The leg of the seat terminates
in a lion's claw, and is ornamented at the side with a
spiral in relief. On the front of the chair below the seat
is a relief, representing two figures in Persian costume,
each attacking a lion-headed and horned Gryphon with a
harpe. There is a marked contrast between the freely
treated figures with the cocks and the strongly decorative
Asiatics and Gryphons. The Satyrs, conventionally
posed, but freely treated, occupy an intermediate position.
Below is the inscription Tepecos Aiovvaov 'EAeu^epews, which
declares this to be the chair of the priest of Dionysos