Fragment of a relief which probably commemorates a musical or dramatic
victory. Two draped female figures move to the right: the foremost of
these (Artemis) holds out in both hands a lighted torch; she also
has a quiver with a bow projecting from it, behind her shoulder. The
second figure, who is probably Leto, holds in her left hand a sceptre,
the head of which is formed by a pomegranate flower. The drapery of
both figures is arranged in the archaistic style. Both figures wear a
long chiton with sleeves, over which is a long full garment reaching
nearly to the feet; over this again is a diploïdion girt at the waist.
A mantle falls from the left shoulder of Artemis, floating to below
her knees; her companion with her right hand draws forward over her
right shoulder the edge of a mantle, the other end of which falls over
her left arm. The heads of both figures are encircled by a diadem,
from beneath which two long plaits of hair fall on each shoulder.
These figures are moving beside a plain wall, beyond which is shown a
Corinthian temple; the tiles of the roof with the ornamental fronts of
the covering tiles are represented, but in incorrect perspective:
on the extreme left of the scene is a tripod standing on a polygonal
pedestal which forms the termination of the wall.
In order to understand the subject of this fragment, it must be
compared with similar reliefs in which the remainder of the original
composition has been preserved. (See above, No. 775.) We may assume
that the fragment here described, when complete, had on the right a
figure of Apollo Kitharoedos leading the procession, and holding out
a bowl to receive a libation from a Victory. The temple represented in
these reliefs may be that of Apollo at Delphi.--_Elgin Coll._
Pentelic marble; height, 2 feet 4 inches; width, 1 foot 9 inches.
_Mus. Marbles_, IX., pl. 36, fig. 2; _Guide to Elgin Room_, Part
II., No. F. 2; Welcker, _Alte Denkmaeler_, II., p. 40.
[Sidenote: =776.=]
Votive relief representing an offering to Apollo. On the right, the
god is seated on the _omphalos_, holding up his right hand. The object
held up in this hand has been broken away. A mantle is wrapped round
his body, and he wears sandals. On the left are three mortals, clad in
Roman military armour, who appear to be approaching as if to consult
the Oracle of Apollo, and who, from the difference of stature, are
probably a father and two sons. Between them and the god are two
female figures, of colossal proportions, who stand to the front, their
heads turned towards Apollo. Each wears a diadem, and the figure on
the left holds a box containing incense in her left hand. These
two figures are thought to be Leto and Artemis, whose worship was
associated with that of Apollo. The relief is bounded by two pilasters
surmounted by an entablature. On the base are the remains of a
dedication to Apollo, in elegiac verse, which has been restored as
follows, by Koehler:
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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