Male figure, seated on a chair, with his hands resting on his knees.
The head, shoulders, left forearm, and hand are wanting. The figure
wears a long chiton with sleeves and a mantle. The lower part of the
chiton is entirely conventional, but parts of the mantle, and the
outlines of the arms are worked after nature. On the ends of
the cushion there is a pattern of zigzag lines.--_Sacred Way,
Branchidae._
Parian marble; height, 3 feet 11-1/4 inches. Newton, II., p. 534;
Mansell, No. 604 (left).
[Sidenote: =9.=]
Female figure, seated on a chair with hands resting on her knees. The
right hand is wanting, and also the toes and front of the base, which
seem to have been attached separately. The figure wears a long chiton
and a mantle, which passes over the back of the shoulders, under the
right arm, and in both directions across the left shoulder. Neither
garment has indications of fold, and the edges are conventionally
treated. The face, as far as can be seen, was full and thick. The hair
falls in pointed tresses, the undulations of which are indicated in a
conventional manner. The right ear is finished with care. This
chair has no cushion, the drapery of the figure being seen under the
arms.--_Sacred Way, Branchidae._
Parian marble; height, 5 feet 2 inches. Newton, I., pl. 75 (2nd
from right); Rayet et Thomas, _Milet et le Golfe Latmique_, pl.
26 (right); Overbeck, _Gr. Plast._, 3rd ed., I., p. 94, fig. 11c;
Wolters, No. 7.
[Sidenote: =10.=]
Male figure, seated on a chair, with the right hand resting on the
right knee, and the left hand beside the left thigh. The head, and the
fingers of the left hand are wanting. The figure wears a chiton with
sleeves, and a mantle, which passes round the body, under the right
arm, and passes in both directions over the left shoulder, so as
to hang down in folds over the knees. The ends of the cushion, the
sleeves of the chiton, and a part of the chiton seen on the left knee,
are decorated with the key pattern.
On the left arm of the chair is the inscription: [Greek: Eudêmos me
epoie(i)n]--"Eudemos made me."--_Sacred Way, Branchidae._
Parian marble; height, 5 feet 1 inch. Newton, I., pl. 75 (right);
pl. 97, No. 71; II., p. 534; p. 783; Kirchhoff, _Studien_, 4th
ed., p. 26; Roehl, _I.G.A._, 485; Roberts, _Greek Epigraphy_, p.
162.
[Sidenote: =11.=]
Male figure, seated on a chair, with left hand on left knee, and
right hand, with palm turned upwards, on right thigh. The head, right
shoulder, and right hand are wanting. The figure wears a chiton with
sleeves, and a mantle. The folds of the lower parts are entirely
conventional, but those of the upper part of the chiton are indicated
by delicate wavy grooves. The hair falls behind in tresses which are
cut off square on the shoulders.--_Sacred Way, Branchidae._
Parian marble; height, 4 feet 4 inches; Newton, I., pl. 74
(right); Mansell, Nos. 603 (left), 604 (right).
[Sidenote: =12.=]
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