Left leg of colossal male figure, bent nearly at a right angle at
the knee. It is made up from two pieces, a fragment reaching from
half-way up the thigh to below the knee, and the fragment of a leg
(Michaelis, pl. 8, fig. 36), reaching to the bottom of the calf.
The scale and the attitude seem to agree well with the figure of
Hermes (H) of the west pediment.
Greatest circumference of the thigh, 2 feet 7-1/2 inches.
[Sidenote: 10.]
Fragment of the right leg and thigh of a colossal male figure,
made up of two pieces, the leg from below the knee nearly to the
ankle (Michaelis, pl. 8, fig. 38), and the knee with the beginning
of the thigh. This leg is slightly bent at the knee. It is on
the same scale as the preceding No. 9, and appears to be in the
required position for the right knee of the figure of Hermes (H)
in the west pediment.
Height, 1 foot 11 inches.
[Sidenote: 11.]
A colossal right foot, broken off at the ankle, and also half-way
between the instep and the toes. Less than half of the sole is
roughly cut with a drill as if this part of the foot had been
slightly raised from the ground. The heel and part of the sole
under the instep have been broken away. The scale is rather larger
than that of the preceding Nos. 9, 10, and it may therefore be one
of the feet of the Athenè in the west pediment.
Length of fragment, 11-1/2 inches. Michaelis, pl. 8, fig. 31;
Laborde, pl. 58, fig. 8.
[Sidenote: 12.]
Fragment of tail of some serpentine creature having on the back a
ridge of projections. This fragment has been thought to be part of
the tail of a Hippocamp attached to the chariot of Amphitritè.
Length, 1 foot 6 inches. Michaelis, pl. 8, fig. 17; Laborde, pl.
24, fig. 9.
[Sidenote: 13.]
Fragment of left thigh, near the knee, of colossal figure; on
it falls a corner of drapery to which is attached a gland. Sauer
proposes to assign this fragment to the figure S of the west
pediment.
Length, 9-1/2 inches. _Athenische Mittheilungen_, 1891, p. 79.
[Sidenote: 14.]
Right thigh and knee of a male figure, rather larger than life. It
is very doubtful whether this belongs to the Parthenon.
Length, 10 inches.
[Sidenote: 15.]
Fragment of right leg of small figure, broken off above ankle and
below knee. It has been attached at the back.
Length, 11 inches.
[Sidenote: 16.]
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