Hard green limestone; height, 11 inches; width, 9 inches. For drawings of the restored column, with its capital (formerly taken for the base) compare Stuart, 2nd ed., IV., pl. 4, figs. 1-5, pl. 5. Dodwell, _Tour_, II., pl. facing p. 232; Murray, I., p. 40; Puchstein, _Das Ionische Capitell_, p. 50. For fragments of the capital, see Gell, _Itinerary_, pl. 7; Mitchell, p. 145, fig. 70. [Sidenote: =4.=] Fragment from the 'Treasury of Atreus' at Mycenae. This is a part of the lower member of the capital of a pilaster flanking the great doorway (_cf._ fig. 1).--_Presented by the Institute of British Architects_, 1843. Hard green limestone; height, 3-1/2 inches; width, 10 inches. Puchstein, _Das Ionische Capitell_, p. 50. [Sidenote: =5.=] Fragment of relief. Head and shoulder of rampant lion. From the shape of the fragment it appears to have been a part of a triangular relief filling the space above a doorway. (Compare No. 1 and the Gate of Lions at Mycenae.) The lion's paw is extended as if towards another lion confronting him. A pattern is drawn in fine lines on the shoulder. Behind the lion is a branch of laurel. [Illustration: Fig. 2.--Relief from Mycenae (?), No. 5.] A part of this relief has been exposed to a corroding influence, which has acted uniformly on the surface, so that the design is sunk, but not obliterated.--_Mycenae (?)_ _Elgin Coll._ Limestone; height, 1 foot 10-1/4 inches; width, 2 feet 2 inches. _Synopsis_, No. 204 (158). Murray (2nd ed.), I., p. 61. [Sidenote: =6.=] Fragment of relief. Forelegs and part of body of bull standing to left. A joint is worked in the stone, in front of the bull.--_Mycenae (?)_ _Elgin Coll._ Green limestone, closely resembling that of No. 5, but not identical with it. Both are composed principally of flakes of mica, which are, however, larger and more abundant in No. 6 than in No. 5. Height, 1 foot 4-1/2 inches; width, 2 feet 5 inches. _Synopsis_, No. 224 (160). [Illustration: Fig. 3.--Relief from Mycenae, No. 6.] SCULPTURES FROM BRANCHIDAE. The temple and oracle of Apollo at Didyma, near Miletus, in Asia Minor, were from time immemorial in the hands of the priestly clan of the Branchidae, whose name came to denote the place itself. This temple was destroyed by the Persians--probably by Darius on the suppression of the Ionian Revolt--about 495 B.C. (Herod. vi., 19. See, however, Strabo, xiv., p. 634; xi., p. 518.) After its destruction, the temple was not rebuilt till the time of Alexander. The temple was connected with the harbour Panormos by the Sacred Way. Along this the sculptures stood at intervals. They are dedicatory offerings made to Apollo, probably by the persons represented.