Marble; height, 1 foot 3-1/4 inches; length, 1 foot 8-1/2 inches. _Mus.
Marbles_, IV., pl. 25, fig. 1; _Synopsis_, No. 39; _Exp. de Morée_,
II., pl. 19, fig. 1; Cockerell, _Phigaleia_, pl. 7.
[Sidenote: 2.]
Part of roof tile from the ridge of the roof of the temple.
The central portion is not worked with palmettes, as shown by
Cockerell.
Marble; height of fragment, 1 foot 4 inches; length, 1 foot 6 inches.
The complete length was about 2 feet 3 inches. _Mus. Marbles_,
IV., pl. 25, fig. 2; _Synopsis_, No. 40; Cockerell, _Phigaleia_, pl. 7,
figs. 5, 6.
PHIGALEIAN METOPES.
The following fragments belong to a series of metopes in high relief,
which were placed over the entrance to the cella of the temple, in a
position similar to that occupied by the metopes of the Temple of
Zeus at Olympia. In the Parthenon the frieze takes the place of the
internal metopes, of which however a trace remains in the _guttae_
which occur at regular intervals below the frieze, and which imply
triglyphs.--Cockerell, _Phigaleia_, pl. 5.
The fragmentary state of the metopes makes the subjects uncertain, in
most instances.
For a general view of the metopes, see _Stereoscopic_, No. 122.
[Sidenote: =510.=]
Figure wearing a helmet with a projecting tail-piece (compare
Parthenon frieze, south side, No. 4), a sleeveless chiton girt at the
waist, and a small cloak. The figure wears a Gorgoneion on the breast;
and with the left hand seems to be playing on a lyre, which is partly
expressed in relief, and must have been further indicated in colour.
The Gorgoneion suggests Athenè, but it is more likely that it is
merely worn as an amulet, and the figure may be that of a Thracian
citharist (cf. Wolters, p. 301). The dress is nearly the same as
that of Orpheus on the well-known relief in the Villa Albani--(Zoega,
_Bassirel. Ant._ i., pl. 42).
Marble; height, 1 foot 6 inches; width. 1 foot 4-1/2 inches. _Mus.
Marbles_, IV., pl. 24, fig. 1; Stackelberg, pl. 30, fig. 2; _Exp.
de Morée_, II., pl. 23, fig. 2; _Synopsis_, No. 28; Cockerell,
_Phigaleia_, pl. 8; Ellis; _Elgin and Phigaleian Marbles_, II, p.
213.
[Sidenote: =511.=]
A mutilated male head, inserted in the same metope as last. It appears
to have been bearded, but this is doubtful.
Marble; height, 5-1/2 inches; width, 9 inches. _Synopsis_, No. 33.
[Sidenote: =512.=]
Torso from the breasts to the knees of a female figure, wearing a
fine clinging chiton and a mantle. The right hand holds two objects,
perhaps _crotala_ or possibly flutes, and the left hand was extended.
Marble; height, 1 foot 3 inches; width, 1 foot 5-1/2 inches. _Mus.
Marbles_, IV., pl. 24, fig. 2; Stackelberg, pl. 30, fig. 1; _Exp.
de Morée_, II., pl. 23, fig. 1; Ellis, _Elgin and Phigaleian
Marbles_, II., p. 213.
[Sidenote: =513.=]
Lower part of a nude male figure from the waist to the ankle of the
left leg, standing. The right leg is wanting. The figure stands to the
left with drapery wrapped about the left arm.
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