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CASTS OF SCULPTURE.
449
Height, 1 foot 11 inches. Le Bas, Mon. Fig., pi. 59 ; Elgin Room
Guide, EL, No. G. 8. Arndt, Einzelverkauf, No. 1274. For
further refs. see Reinach-Le Bas, p. 75.
2713. Cast of a metope. Helios driving his team of four
horses to the right. Helios is radiate, and dressed as a
charioteer with a long robe and flying chlamys.
The original metope was found by Dr. Schliemann in
the remains of a temple at Ilium Novum. It is now at
Berlin. The relief probably belongs to the second or
first century b.c.—Presented by Dr. Henry Schliemann.
Height, 2 feet 10 inches. Schliemann, Ilios, p. 623; Arch. Zeit.,
1872, pi. 64; p. 57 (Curtius); Roscher, Lexikon, I., p. 2005.
2714. Cast of a relief from a sarcophagus, in the cathedral at
Girgenti.
Phaedra, seated, seems half in a swoon, and turns to
the old nurse. Eros stands by the chair. Eight maids
stand with lyres, etc. The field is worked with a pattern
of acanthus leaves. Below the relief is an acanthus scroll,
combined with heads of animals. On the right and left
are groups of a lioness with a stag, and of a lion with a
deer.—Elgin Coll.
Height, 3 feet 8 inches. Mus. Marbles, IX., pL 27. For the whole
of the sarcophagus, see Houel, Voyage Pitt, de Sicile, IV.,
pis. 238, 239 ; Baumeister, III., p. 1308.
2715. Cast of the sarcophagus formerly known as that of
Alexander Severus. On the sides are four scenes relating
to the story of Achilles.
(1) On the front, the discovery of Achilles among the
daughters of Lycomedes. Achilles starts forward with a
sword (restored) and a shield. One maiden, perhaps
Deidameia, tries to restrain him, and another raises her
hands with a gesture of surprise. On the left are
Diomedes, and Lycomedes, who is seated on a chair covered
vol. in. . 2 6
449
Height, 1 foot 11 inches. Le Bas, Mon. Fig., pi. 59 ; Elgin Room
Guide, EL, No. G. 8. Arndt, Einzelverkauf, No. 1274. For
further refs. see Reinach-Le Bas, p. 75.
2713. Cast of a metope. Helios driving his team of four
horses to the right. Helios is radiate, and dressed as a
charioteer with a long robe and flying chlamys.
The original metope was found by Dr. Schliemann in
the remains of a temple at Ilium Novum. It is now at
Berlin. The relief probably belongs to the second or
first century b.c.—Presented by Dr. Henry Schliemann.
Height, 2 feet 10 inches. Schliemann, Ilios, p. 623; Arch. Zeit.,
1872, pi. 64; p. 57 (Curtius); Roscher, Lexikon, I., p. 2005.
2714. Cast of a relief from a sarcophagus, in the cathedral at
Girgenti.
Phaedra, seated, seems half in a swoon, and turns to
the old nurse. Eros stands by the chair. Eight maids
stand with lyres, etc. The field is worked with a pattern
of acanthus leaves. Below the relief is an acanthus scroll,
combined with heads of animals. On the right and left
are groups of a lioness with a stag, and of a lion with a
deer.—Elgin Coll.
Height, 3 feet 8 inches. Mus. Marbles, IX., pL 27. For the whole
of the sarcophagus, see Houel, Voyage Pitt, de Sicile, IV.,
pis. 238, 239 ; Baumeister, III., p. 1308.
2715. Cast of the sarcophagus formerly known as that of
Alexander Severus. On the sides are four scenes relating
to the story of Achilles.
(1) On the front, the discovery of Achilles among the
daughters of Lycomedes. Achilles starts forward with a
sword (restored) and a shield. One maiden, perhaps
Deidameia, tries to restrain him, and another raises her
hands with a gesture of surprise. On the left are
Diomedes, and Lycomedes, who is seated on a chair covered
vol. in. . 2 6