100 OF THE MONUMENT OF PHILOPAPPUS.
myself are introduced with our friends Mr. James Dawkins and Mr. Robert Wood, the last of whom
is occupied in copying the inscription on the pilaster. Our janizary is making coffee, which we
drank here; the boy, sitting down with his hand in a basket, attends with our cups and saucers. A
goatherd with his goats and dogs are also represented. In the distance is seen part of the gulph of
Athens, anciently the Sinus Saronicus; on the nearest shore is seen the harbour of Phalerum, and to
the right of it Munychia; the Piraeus lies still farther to the right, so as not to be brought into this
view*. The mountain seen over Munychia is part of Salamis, and the lower ridge on the left is part
of ^Egina ; at the greatest distance is a mountain in the Peloponnesus (" Arachnamm "), not far from
Argos.
Fig. 2. Plan of the basement.
Fig. 3. Plan of the part decorated with pilasters and niches.
PLATE XXX.
Fig. 1. The elevation of the front, restored so far as the authorities we found will justify.
Fig. 2. A transverse section through the middle of the monument.
PLATE XXXI.
The mouldings of the basement, with the base of the Corinthian pilasters.
PLATE XXXII. <
Fig. 1. Base, capital, and architrave of the pilaster, in the back frontb.
Fig. 2. Profile of the capital " in the back front."
Fig. 3. Plan of the capital " of the inscribed pilaster in the curved front, with the soffit of
the architrave over the central niche."
Fig. 4. The mouldings of the niches in the curved front.
PLATE XXXIII.
Fig. 1. The capital " of the pilaster bearing the inscription ", with the entablature of the
curved or principal front.
Fig. 2. Section of the capital.
PLATE XXXIVC.
Fig. 1. The central part of the basso-relievo under the middle niche, supposed to represent
the triumph of the Emperor Trajan, in which are seen the figure of the emperor and that of the leader
of the car d. •
a It is scarcely important enough to observe that the promon- d Mr. Dodwell observes, " on the front of the car is repre-
tory indicated in the distance is the Munychian Peninsula, and sented a figure with a human body, but the legs and feet ter-
consequently that the harbour to the right of it is in fact the minating in fishes' tails or serpents' heads ; this figure is so small
Piraeeus. See Chart of the Ports of Athens, PI. II., and the out- and corroded that it is not easy to discriminate its precise form,
line of the Pireeeus as seen above the Pnyx, at PI. XXXVIII. It may either represent a Triton or Erichthonios. The same
[ed.J device is seen upon a trophy ' (or representation of a hierophant)'
b Over the capital of this pilaster the architrave is repre- which was on the tympanon of a temple ' (Propyleeum)' at Eleu-
sented unfinished, indicating that a column, as before mentioned, sis; and upon the inroKoSiov of a marble thronos at Mitylene."
at p. 98, note b, probably stood before it. CED0 '^'0 which we may add that in front of a bronze votive car at
c The drawings of the sculpture introduced in this plate Rome, represented by Piranesi and treated of by Visconti, a
were made by Pars, who was at Athens in the year 1765, as a symbolic and grotesque figure somewhat similar to that here
member of the mission into Greece sent by the Dilettanti So- described was also introduced, which is supposed to be allusive
ciety. These drawings, with others by Revett and Pars, have to Hyperion, or the Sun. V. Dodwell's Travels, Vol. I. p.
been subsequently presented by that munificent Association to 393. Uned. Ant. of Attica, C. II. p. 12, PI. II. Visconti,
the British Museum. [ed.] Museo Pio Clem. Tomo V. supp. CKDH-
myself are introduced with our friends Mr. James Dawkins and Mr. Robert Wood, the last of whom
is occupied in copying the inscription on the pilaster. Our janizary is making coffee, which we
drank here; the boy, sitting down with his hand in a basket, attends with our cups and saucers. A
goatherd with his goats and dogs are also represented. In the distance is seen part of the gulph of
Athens, anciently the Sinus Saronicus; on the nearest shore is seen the harbour of Phalerum, and to
the right of it Munychia; the Piraeus lies still farther to the right, so as not to be brought into this
view*. The mountain seen over Munychia is part of Salamis, and the lower ridge on the left is part
of ^Egina ; at the greatest distance is a mountain in the Peloponnesus (" Arachnamm "), not far from
Argos.
Fig. 2. Plan of the basement.
Fig. 3. Plan of the part decorated with pilasters and niches.
PLATE XXX.
Fig. 1. The elevation of the front, restored so far as the authorities we found will justify.
Fig. 2. A transverse section through the middle of the monument.
PLATE XXXI.
The mouldings of the basement, with the base of the Corinthian pilasters.
PLATE XXXII. <
Fig. 1. Base, capital, and architrave of the pilaster, in the back frontb.
Fig. 2. Profile of the capital " in the back front."
Fig. 3. Plan of the capital " of the inscribed pilaster in the curved front, with the soffit of
the architrave over the central niche."
Fig. 4. The mouldings of the niches in the curved front.
PLATE XXXIII.
Fig. 1. The capital " of the pilaster bearing the inscription ", with the entablature of the
curved or principal front.
Fig. 2. Section of the capital.
PLATE XXXIVC.
Fig. 1. The central part of the basso-relievo under the middle niche, supposed to represent
the triumph of the Emperor Trajan, in which are seen the figure of the emperor and that of the leader
of the car d. •
a It is scarcely important enough to observe that the promon- d Mr. Dodwell observes, " on the front of the car is repre-
tory indicated in the distance is the Munychian Peninsula, and sented a figure with a human body, but the legs and feet ter-
consequently that the harbour to the right of it is in fact the minating in fishes' tails or serpents' heads ; this figure is so small
Piraeeus. See Chart of the Ports of Athens, PI. II., and the out- and corroded that it is not easy to discriminate its precise form,
line of the Pireeeus as seen above the Pnyx, at PI. XXXVIII. It may either represent a Triton or Erichthonios. The same
[ed.J device is seen upon a trophy ' (or representation of a hierophant)'
b Over the capital of this pilaster the architrave is repre- which was on the tympanon of a temple ' (Propyleeum)' at Eleu-
sented unfinished, indicating that a column, as before mentioned, sis; and upon the inroKoSiov of a marble thronos at Mitylene."
at p. 98, note b, probably stood before it. CED0 '^'0 which we may add that in front of a bronze votive car at
c The drawings of the sculpture introduced in this plate Rome, represented by Piranesi and treated of by Visconti, a
were made by Pars, who was at Athens in the year 1765, as a symbolic and grotesque figure somewhat similar to that here
member of the mission into Greece sent by the Dilettanti So- described was also introduced, which is supposed to be allusive
ciety. These drawings, with others by Revett and Pars, have to Hyperion, or the Sun. V. Dodwell's Travels, Vol. I. p.
been subsequently presented by that munificent Association to 393. Uned. Ant. of Attica, C. II. p. 12, PI. II. Visconti,
the British Museum. [ed.] Museo Pio Clem. Tomo V. supp. CKDH-