Inscribed: [Greek: Êzous Apoll[ôni]dou tois parag[ou]sin
chairein].--_From Phanagoria._
Limestone; height, 2 feet 4-1/2 inches; width, 1 foot 2 inches.
_C.I.G._, 2129; _Greek Inscriptions in Brit. Mus._, CCVI.;
Latyschev, II., 378.
CASTS OF LYCIAN SEPULCHRAL RELIEFS.
The following casts are derived from Lycian rock-cut tombs, discovered
by Sir C. Fellows. Tombs of the normal type have a facade with
architecture imitating wooden construction. Behind the facade is a
vestibule, or portico, often adorned with reliefs on each side. At the
back is the door of the actual sepulchral chamber. Nos. 760-764 are
derived from tombs of this type.
[Sidenote: =760.=]
Cast of relief from the east or left side of the portico of a rock-cut
tomb. Bellerophon mounted on Pegasos appears to be thrusting as with
a spear at the Chimaera which is roughly indicated in the right-hand
lower corner of the relief. Pegasos has the mane tied in a topknot
between the ears, as in the relief from Xanthos, No. 86. The cast is
painted in imitation of the original.--_Tlos._
Height, 3 feet 6-1/2 inches; width, 3 feet 7-3/4 inches. Fellows,
_Lycia_, p. 136 and plate. For general view of the tomb, see
Benndorf, _Reisen in Lykien_, I., p. 139, and pl. 42 (on the
right).
[Sidenote: =761-4.=]
Casts of reliefs from the sides of the portico of a rock-cut tomb
at _Pinara_. The outside of the tomb has an elaborate facade with
sculptured pediment, frieze, and other ornaments. (For general view,
see Fellows, _Lycia_, pl. facing p. 141, and Benndorf, _Reisen in
Lykien_, I., pl. 19.) Within the portico, on each side, projecting
beam ends divide the sculpture into two panels. Each of the four
reliefs represents a view of a Lycian city, but there is no proof
that they are four different views of the city of Pinara, as Fellows
thought (_Lycia_, p. 141).
[Sidenote: =761.=]
Cast of the upper relief on the left or west side of the portico.
View of part of a city on a hill, with castellated walls. Within are
towers, with windows and connected by a wall, on which is a relief of
three male figures.
Height, 3 feet 1/2 inch; width, 4 feet 2-1/4 inches.
[Sidenote: =762.=]
Cast of the lower relief on the left or west side of the portico.
View of part of a city on a hill with castellated walls and turrets, a
large pylon (?) and several tombs of forms well known in Lycia. In
the lower wall is a relief, with a draped and bearded man leaning on
a staff and addressing a smaller figure. For the triangular arch
openings in the wall, compare Dodwell, _Pelasgic Remains_, pl. 27,
view of walls of a city near Mesolonghi.
Height, 2 feet 10 inches; width, 4 feet 2-1/2 inches.
[Sidenote: =763.=]
Cast of the upper relief on the right or east side of the portico.
View of part of a city on a hill with castellated walls and turrets.
A figure, apparently intended to represent a living man, and not a
sculpture, as on the other reliefs, lifts his hand near one of the
towers.
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