The statue is that of a colossal seated figure, the head, arms, and right foot to the instep wanting. The body is clad in a talaric chiton, over which is a panther's skin, passing like a scarf from the left shoulder to the right side, and bound round the waist by a broad girdle, under which is seen the panther's face and teeth; an ample mantle passes from the back of the figure over the lower limbs, falling in rich folds across the lap. The head and left arm of this statue were of separate pieces of marble, and were originally morticed to the body. The head was wanting as early as the visit of Spon and Wheler to Athens in 1676. On the left thigh is a sinking about 6 inches deep, 5 long, and 1-1/2 wide, in which some object may have been inserted, but which may have been used when the statue was being placed in position. On the drapery of the left shoulder there is a hole for a rivet. It seems probable that the God was represented with a lyre, the base of which rested on his left thigh. This instrument was the attribute of Dionysos Melpomenos (see Gerhard, _Ant. Bildwerke_, text, p. 240), and the costume of the figure seems assimilated to that of a citharist.--_Elgin Coll._ Pentelic marble; height, 6 feet 3 inches. The stone is roughly hewn out at the back to lighten the figure. Wheler, _Journey_, p. 368; Le Roy, _Ruines_, pl. 8; Stuart, II., ch. IV., pls. 3, 6; _Mus. Marbles_, IX., pl. 1; Ellis, _Elgin Marbles_, II., p. 90; Overbeck, _Gr. Plast._, 3rd ed., II., p. 94; Reisch, _Athenische Mittheilungen_, XIII. (1888) pl. 8, p. 383; _Stereoscopic_, No. 114; Brunn, _Denkmaeler_, No. 119. THE PROPYLAEA. The Propylaea, or gateways to the Acropolis, were constructed by Mnesicles under the administration of Pericles, in the five years 436-431 B.C. The main portion of the building consisted of two Doric portions, facing respectively inwards to the Acropolis and outwards. These were connected by a series of Ionic columns. The entrance was flanked on each side by wings (see the plan, fig. 20). The Elgin Collection contains a few architectural remains from the building. A portion of the cedar dowels which connected the drums of the columns of the Propylaea may be seen in the Bronze Room.--_Presented by A. W. Franks, Esq._ Cf. Dodwell, _Tour_, I., p. 313. [Sidenote: =433.=] Capital of Doric column from the Propylaea. It is impossible to tell from the dimensions whether this capital is derived from the internal or external portico.--_Elgin Coll._ Pentelic marble; width of abacus, 5 feet 5-1/2 inches. _Synopsis_, No. 130 (206). Stuart, II., ch. V., pl. 7, fig. 1. Penrose, _Athen. Architecture_, ch. X., pl. 31; Bohn, _Die Propyläen_, pls. 11, 13, fig. 2. [Sidenote: =434.=] Piece of drum of Ionic column from the inner order of the Propylaea.--_Elgin Coll._ Pentelic marble; height, 1 foot 4-1/2 inches; diameter, 3 feet 1/8 inch. _Synopsis_, No. 129. Penrose, _Athen. Architecture_, ch. X., pl. 32. [Sidenote: =435.=]