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dead body of Patroclus; but in the extant examples of
that group, the head of the Menelaus is helmeted, and the
beard is more ample. Moreover, the expression does not
seem suitable to such a subject.

The subject has also been interpreted as part ot a
pathetic group from the battle-scenes of Attalos I. of
Pergamon (Furtwaengler).

On the other hand, it Avas pointed out by Sir C.
Newton that the features present a striking likeness to a
head on the silver tetradrachms of Philip V. of Macedon,
which appears to represent some member of the kingty
family in the character of the hero Perseus. This can
hardly be other than the king's eldest sou, Perseus, there
represented with the attributes of his eponymous hero,
since it is evident that it is not the head of Philip
himself. Graeco-Eoman copy (of the 2nd cent, a.d.), from
a Pergamene original.— Taumeley Coll.

Parian marble. Height, 1 foot 9J inches. Restored: nose, small
portion of each lip, right eyebrow, part of lobe of left ear, tuft
of hair on top of head, and the bust. Found by Gavin Hamilton,
in 1771, in the part of Hadrian's Villa called the Pantanello.
Mils. Marbles, II., pi. 23 ; Ellis, Town. Gallery, EL, p. 17
(= Vaux, Handbook, p. 194); Mansell, No. 828; Grceco-Rom in
Guide, L, No. 139; Brunn, Benkmaeler, No. 80; Murray,
Handbook of Greek Archaeology, p. 299; Petersen, Roemische
Mittheilungen, X., p. 135; Hill, Num. Chron., 3rd ser., XVI.,
pi. 4, p. 34; Six, Roemische Mittheilungen, XIII., p. 76; Furt-
waengler, Arch. Anzeiger, 1891, p. 141.

A similar head, formerly thought to have been found at the same time
and place, is in the Vatican (Petersen, Roemische Mittheilungen,
X., p. 134; but see Journ. of Hellen. Studies, XXI., p. 311).

1861. Portrait bust. Male head, slightly turned to its left,
with prominent forehead, lips slightly parted, thick short
locks of hair, and a small beard under the chin. This
bust was called Achilles by its possessor, Mr. Payne
Knight, an attribution for which there are no grounds

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