Relief with three figures. On the left is Athenè, having long chiton,
peplos, helmet, aegis, spear. Beside her is a seated animal, perhaps a
lion. In the centre is Aphroditè (?), wearing long chiton, peplos, and
polos. She has a spear in her left hand, and a much mutilated Eros (?)
standing by her side. On the right is a figure of the deified Heracles
(?), half-draped in mantle and lion's skin, with the club in his left
hand and a sceptre or thyrsus in his right hand. He appears to wear
the Egyptian crown.--_Presented by H. Gally Knight, Esq., 1839._
Parian marble (?); height, 1 foot 1-1/2 inches; width, 1 foot 1-1/4
inches. Wolters, No. 1845.
[Sidenote: =787.=]
Fragment of a relief, with a male figure, heavily draped, wearing long
chiton and himation, and having long hair falling on the shoulders.
The left hand is raised, and there are marks of the attachment of a
metal object, perhaps a sceptre or thyrsos. The figure also wore a
metal wreath. The relief, which is only complete on the right side,
was bounded by pilasters and an entablature.--_Athens (?)._ _Elgin
Coll._
Pentelic marble; height, 2 feet 5 inches; width, 1 foot 7 inches.
_Mus. Marbles_, IX., pl. 38, fig. 1; _Synopsis_, No. 176 (107).
[Sidenote: =788.=]
Fragment of a relief, with a group of gods, viz.: Hermes, with
caduceus and petasos; Zeus, with a sceptre; and Kybelè, having a polos
and sceptre. Each of the three holds out a bowl in the right hand. On
the left, in low relief, is a diminutive figure seated on rocks by
a ship; on the right are two warriors, seated, having shields and
swords.
Marble; height, 1 foot 4 inches; width, 1 foot 10 inches.
[Sidenote: =789.=]
Relief, representing offerings to Eileithyia (?). A draped female
figure is seated on a chair with foot-stool, turned to the right. With
the left hand she holds a part of her mantle which passes over
her head. On the right is a draped woman who approaches, holding a
closely-swathed baby on her left arm, and making a gesture with the
right hand. A similar figure stands on the right, with a baby on her
left arm, and having the right hand raised to her head in a manner
expressive of sorrow. Behind the chair is a woman advancing, holding
a baby in both arms, and on the left is a woman who carries a dish (?)
on her left hand and has a casket hanging from her right hand.
The separate figures would be well suited to a sepulchral relief,
on which the seated figure and a figure with a baby might well be
represented. The whole composition, however, seems more suitable for
a representation of mothers making offerings to some goddess, perhaps
Eileithyia.--_From Sigeum in the Troad._ _Elgin Coll._
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