Next on the left is a bearded Satyr, who draws back to the right,
to collect his force for a blow, with his thyrsos. Meanwhile he
looks back at a pirate on his left, who kneels with his hands tied
behind him, and looks round towards the Satyr in helpless terror.
A panther's skin, hanging from the left shoulder of the Satyr,
floats in the air at his back.
_Mus. Marbles_, IX., pl. 23.
[Sidenote: 5.]
The next figure on the left is a bearded Satyr who turns to the
right kneeling on his left knee, set in the fork of a tree close
to the edge of the sea; with both hands he is breaking off a
branch. His panther's skin floats in the air behind his back. His
right foot stands in shoal water, which is indicated by curling
waves. Behind him on the left is a pirate, whose body to the waist
is transformed into a dolphin, and who leaps head foremost into
the sea.
_Mus. Marbles_, IX., pl. 23.
Between No. 5 and No. 6 is about a yard of frieze, wanting in
the cast. This is given, freely restored, by Stuart. An accurate
drawing by Lusieri is preserved in the Museum (Plate ix.). A
bearded Satyr holds out a torch and pursues a pirate who runs away
at full speed. A hole has been cut between them for the insertion
of a beam. A rock and tree separate this group from the following,
No. 6.
[Sidenote: 6.]
This group is rather better preserved in the drawing of Lusieri
than in the cast. A young pirate is seated on the ground leaning
on his left arm. The right hand is extended in supplication to the
bearded Satyr, who is dragging him seawards by the foot. A hole
has been cut through the figure for a beam. The Satyr stands in
the waves. Behind him a pirate, half transformed, is in the act of
leaping into the sea. This figure is now almost destroyed in the
original. As it is leaping to the right, it belongs strictly to
that part of the circular frieze which represents the scene on the
right of Dionysos.
_Mus. Marbles_, IX., pl. 22.
[Sidenote: 7.]
On the right of the central group (No. 1) is a bearded Satyr
moving to the right towards a large crater. In his right hand he
holds up an oinochoè or wine jug. His left is extended over the
crater and holds a phialè. This figure appears to be bearded,
though it is drawn as beardless by Lusieri; the head is now
wanting. Next on the right are two Satyrs, each wearing a panther
skin. The Satyr on the left turns to the right and extends his
right hand towards the second Satyr, as if giving him an order.
The latter looks round to the left, as if to receive the order,
while he is hastening to the right with both hands raised, as if
pointing.
_Mus. Marbles_, IX., pl. 25.
[Sidenote: 8.]
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