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TERRA-COTTA FIGURINES
Fig. 23.
61. (Fig. 23.) Similar female figure from right hand side of group. The mantle is here
broken at the back, while in front it leaves the neck and shoulders bare. The
figure has a simple stephane and a single necklace, adorned with three bosses.
White slip, traces of red on necklace. Height, 6 cm. Clay, reddish yellow.
62. Fragment of a similar group of large size (only left hand figure preserved,
broken at shoulder and at lower right hand corner). In the lap is a fragment of
4\ A ■ a broad band, similar to the bands of Nos. 59 and 60. General traces of white.
Height, 11 cm. Red clay.
The interpretation of these groups is an interesting problem. So far as we can
judge, both the figures were feminine, for in Nos. 59, 60, and 62 we have the left
hand figure of the group, and in No. 61 the right hand figure, and these are all
feminine. Moreover, the traces of the second figure, preserved on the seat of No.
59, point to a female rather than to a male figure. This fact at once declares against the'theory
that we are here dealing with a representation of Zeus and Hera, a sort of tepos ydiAos (such as the
group given by Overbeek, JTunstmythologie, Hera, fig. 4 a, from Gerhard, Ant. Bildwerke, pi. i.),
which we should most naturally expect to find at a sanctuary of Hera.3 The association of Hebe
with Hera, as she was later associated with her in the group of Polycleitos and Naukydes, seems
hardly probable at the early date to which we must assign these groups. We are reduced, then,
to the view that we have here an early form of two female divinities like the later Demeter and
Kore. (For another very primitive group of these goddesses, cf. Ileuzey, Fig. Ant. pi. xiii. 3;
later examples are pis. xviii. bis. 3 ; xxiv. 1. Cf. the same author's article, ' Groupe de Demeter
et Kore.'in Mon. grecs jmb. par VAssoc, pour Yencouragement lies etudes grecques en France,
1876.) The roll may then be the symbol of the bond between the two goddesses.
63. Four hundred and thirteen fragments of bodies of the early seated type — lower parts only
preserved. They usually show some traces of the white coat, and often are decorated at the lower
edge and at the waist with simple line patterns in applied red and black.
64. Two hundred and fifty-nine detached heads of the " bird-faced " type, with round lumps
for eyes, and (usually) simple stephane. Traces of the white coat are common, and the stephane
is often red.
III. MYCENAEAN.
65. (Fig. 24.) Fragment of female idol of the usual Mycenaean form —
round body — broken at waist and neck. Ornamenta-
tion in wayv lines, brown to black. Height, 4.5 cm. Fine
yellow clay.
Cf. Schliemann, Mycenae and Tiryns, pi. C, fig. m.
66. Nine fragments of similar figures, same clay, same
ornamentation.
67. (Fig. 25.) Female figure with arms raised (pelta-
shaped body.) Ornamentation in red
lines. Height, 8 cm. Fine yellow clay.
Cf. Schliemann, Mycenae and Tiryns, pi.
68. Thirteen fragments of similar figures, same
mentation in red, changing to brown and black.
69. (Fig. 26.) Female idol with arms (two applied strips of
clay) crossed below breasts, which are also represented plastically, by applied
disks. Broken at top and bottom. Ornamentation in red lines. Height, 5.5 cm.
Fine yellow clay.
Fig. 26. Cf. Schliemann, Mycenae and Tiryns, pi. C, fig. 1.
1 The Heraea mentioned by Pans. (II. 24. 2) probably whole subject, cf. ibid. pp. 177-181 ; Roscher, Lex. der
had some relation to the leohs ya.fj.os (cf. Daremberg et Myth. Ir p. 2098; Forster, Die Hockzeit des Zeus u. der
Saglio, Diet, des Ant. ' Hie'ros gamos,' p. 179). On the Hera, Breslan, 1867.
B, figs, e and f.
clay, orna
Fig.
TERRA-COTTA FIGURINES
Fig. 23.
61. (Fig. 23.) Similar female figure from right hand side of group. The mantle is here
broken at the back, while in front it leaves the neck and shoulders bare. The
figure has a simple stephane and a single necklace, adorned with three bosses.
White slip, traces of red on necklace. Height, 6 cm. Clay, reddish yellow.
62. Fragment of a similar group of large size (only left hand figure preserved,
broken at shoulder and at lower right hand corner). In the lap is a fragment of
4\ A ■ a broad band, similar to the bands of Nos. 59 and 60. General traces of white.
Height, 11 cm. Red clay.
The interpretation of these groups is an interesting problem. So far as we can
judge, both the figures were feminine, for in Nos. 59, 60, and 62 we have the left
hand figure of the group, and in No. 61 the right hand figure, and these are all
feminine. Moreover, the traces of the second figure, preserved on the seat of No.
59, point to a female rather than to a male figure. This fact at once declares against the'theory
that we are here dealing with a representation of Zeus and Hera, a sort of tepos ydiAos (such as the
group given by Overbeek, JTunstmythologie, Hera, fig. 4 a, from Gerhard, Ant. Bildwerke, pi. i.),
which we should most naturally expect to find at a sanctuary of Hera.3 The association of Hebe
with Hera, as she was later associated with her in the group of Polycleitos and Naukydes, seems
hardly probable at the early date to which we must assign these groups. We are reduced, then,
to the view that we have here an early form of two female divinities like the later Demeter and
Kore. (For another very primitive group of these goddesses, cf. Ileuzey, Fig. Ant. pi. xiii. 3;
later examples are pis. xviii. bis. 3 ; xxiv. 1. Cf. the same author's article, ' Groupe de Demeter
et Kore.'in Mon. grecs jmb. par VAssoc, pour Yencouragement lies etudes grecques en France,
1876.) The roll may then be the symbol of the bond between the two goddesses.
63. Four hundred and thirteen fragments of bodies of the early seated type — lower parts only
preserved. They usually show some traces of the white coat, and often are decorated at the lower
edge and at the waist with simple line patterns in applied red and black.
64. Two hundred and fifty-nine detached heads of the " bird-faced " type, with round lumps
for eyes, and (usually) simple stephane. Traces of the white coat are common, and the stephane
is often red.
III. MYCENAEAN.
65. (Fig. 24.) Fragment of female idol of the usual Mycenaean form —
round body — broken at waist and neck. Ornamenta-
tion in wayv lines, brown to black. Height, 4.5 cm. Fine
yellow clay.
Cf. Schliemann, Mycenae and Tiryns, pi. C, fig. m.
66. Nine fragments of similar figures, same clay, same
ornamentation.
67. (Fig. 25.) Female figure with arms raised (pelta-
shaped body.) Ornamentation in red
lines. Height, 8 cm. Fine yellow clay.
Cf. Schliemann, Mycenae and Tiryns, pi.
68. Thirteen fragments of similar figures, same
mentation in red, changing to brown and black.
69. (Fig. 26.) Female idol with arms (two applied strips of
clay) crossed below breasts, which are also represented plastically, by applied
disks. Broken at top and bottom. Ornamentation in red lines. Height, 5.5 cm.
Fine yellow clay.
Fig. 26. Cf. Schliemann, Mycenae and Tiryns, pi. C, fig. 1.
1 The Heraea mentioned by Pans. (II. 24. 2) probably whole subject, cf. ibid. pp. 177-181 ; Roscher, Lex. der
had some relation to the leohs ya.fj.os (cf. Daremberg et Myth. Ir p. 2098; Forster, Die Hockzeit des Zeus u. der
Saglio, Diet, des Ant. ' Hie'ros gamos,' p. 179). On the Hera, Breslan, 1867.
B, figs, e and f.
clay, orna
Fig.