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MARBLE STATUARY FROM THE HERAEUM
ARCHITECTURAL SCULPTURE.
The whole large mass of sculptured marble fragments, with these exceptions, belongs
to one date and style of
workmanship, and, as we
shall later see, forms parts
of the sculptured orna-
mentation of buildings,
either metopes, friezes, or
pedimental groups.
Yet it must not be be-
lieved that in the ancient
days of the Heraeum
there were not numerous
single statues distributed
over the sacred precinct.
Pausanias1 definitely men-
tions statues of priestesses
and of heroes as standing
in front of the temple.
Some of the bases belong-
ing to these and other
statues were found in our
excavations at the east end
of the temple. From ana-
logous experience in other
excavations (Olympia, Del-
phi, etc.), Ave know that a
small portion of the great
number of statues which
studded the sacred pre-
cincts of ancient sanctu-
aries, like trees in a grove,
have come down to us, and
how vastly the works of architectural sculpture predominate in proportion.
1 Paus. II. 17. 3. avSpiavTes re etTTi)Kam irph ttjs io-6Sov, dedicated to Athena, representing one of the girl basket-
Fig. 74. — Fragments from the Aruive Heraeum.
teal yvvaLK&v at yty6vao~iv UpeiaL ttjs "Upas, tea) Tipurnv aWav
re teal 'OpttTTOU • rov yap ^niypaixfxo. £X0VTa ^? €^V fiaaiktvs
AHyovtrros, 'Opfarr/y eivai Xiyouaw. Ibid. 7. 'Apyetoi 5e Ka'mep
KaKov tt)\movtov TapAvTos crcpicn tt)v em6va at) KafleiAoc ttjs
XpvarfiSos, avatctnai oi ho) is rovs tov vaov tov KaraKavBevros
e/xTrpoaSiv. The latter passage seems to show that some
of the statues of priestesses before B. c. 423 still stood in
front of the ruins of the First Temple in the time of Pau-
sanias, while the statues before the Second Temple all
belonged to dates subsequent to B. c. 420. Statues of
priestesses stood also before the temple of Demeter at
Hermione (Paus. II. 35. 8), and at Cerynea in Achaia.
There were statues of women, said to be priestesses, at
the entrance to the sanctuary of the Eumenides. (Paus.
VII. 25. 7.) A statuette at Paestum has been found
bearers (Kai>i)<p6poi) who figured in her worship. Professor
Curtius thinks that there may have been whole rows of
such statuettes in the temples. See Arch. Zeit. 1880, pp.
27-30; Curtius, Gesammelte Abliandlungen, II. pp. 286-
294. The Argives dated their years by the priesthood of
Hera. Hellanicus the historian, B. c. 480-395, wrote a
history of the priestesses of the Argive Hera, which must
have been of great importance for Greek chronology. See
Preller, Ausgew&hlte Aufsatze, pp. 51 ff.; Fragmenta histor.
Graec. ed. Midler, I. pp. xxvii. seq. 51 seq. Frazer's Paus.
III. (notes), p. 182. Similar bases of statues to those in
front of the Heraeum have been found also at Epidaurus.
Statues and statuettes of basket-bearers have been found
at Athens, Eleusis — in fact, on most sites where there
was a temple dedicated to a female divinity.
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MARBLE STATUARY FROM THE HERAEUM
ARCHITECTURAL SCULPTURE.
The whole large mass of sculptured marble fragments, with these exceptions, belongs
to one date and style of
workmanship, and, as we
shall later see, forms parts
of the sculptured orna-
mentation of buildings,
either metopes, friezes, or
pedimental groups.
Yet it must not be be-
lieved that in the ancient
days of the Heraeum
there were not numerous
single statues distributed
over the sacred precinct.
Pausanias1 definitely men-
tions statues of priestesses
and of heroes as standing
in front of the temple.
Some of the bases belong-
ing to these and other
statues were found in our
excavations at the east end
of the temple. From ana-
logous experience in other
excavations (Olympia, Del-
phi, etc.), Ave know that a
small portion of the great
number of statues which
studded the sacred pre-
cincts of ancient sanctu-
aries, like trees in a grove,
have come down to us, and
how vastly the works of architectural sculpture predominate in proportion.
1 Paus. II. 17. 3. avSpiavTes re etTTi)Kam irph ttjs io-6Sov, dedicated to Athena, representing one of the girl basket-
Fig. 74. — Fragments from the Aruive Heraeum.
teal yvvaLK&v at yty6vao~iv UpeiaL ttjs "Upas, tea) Tipurnv aWav
re teal 'OpttTTOU • rov yap ^niypaixfxo. £X0VTa ^? €^V fiaaiktvs
AHyovtrros, 'Opfarr/y eivai Xiyouaw. Ibid. 7. 'Apyetoi 5e Ka'mep
KaKov tt)\movtov TapAvTos crcpicn tt)v em6va at) KafleiAoc ttjs
XpvarfiSos, avatctnai oi ho) is rovs tov vaov tov KaraKavBevros
e/xTrpoaSiv. The latter passage seems to show that some
of the statues of priestesses before B. c. 423 still stood in
front of the ruins of the First Temple in the time of Pau-
sanias, while the statues before the Second Temple all
belonged to dates subsequent to B. c. 420. Statues of
priestesses stood also before the temple of Demeter at
Hermione (Paus. II. 35. 8), and at Cerynea in Achaia.
There were statues of women, said to be priestesses, at
the entrance to the sanctuary of the Eumenides. (Paus.
VII. 25. 7.) A statuette at Paestum has been found
bearers (Kai>i)<p6poi) who figured in her worship. Professor
Curtius thinks that there may have been whole rows of
such statuettes in the temples. See Arch. Zeit. 1880, pp.
27-30; Curtius, Gesammelte Abliandlungen, II. pp. 286-
294. The Argives dated their years by the priesthood of
Hera. Hellanicus the historian, B. c. 480-395, wrote a
history of the priestesses of the Argive Hera, which must
have been of great importance for Greek chronology. See
Preller, Ausgew&hlte Aufsatze, pp. 51 ff.; Fragmenta histor.
Graec. ed. Midler, I. pp. xxvii. seq. 51 seq. Frazer's Paus.
III. (notes), p. 182. Similar bases of statues to those in
front of the Heraeum have been found also at Epidaurus.
Statues and statuettes of basket-bearers have been found
at Athens, Eleusis — in fact, on most sites where there
was a temple dedicated to a female divinity.
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