Restored:--Head, right armpit and shoulder-blade, three fingers
of right hand; left arm from middle of biceps; right leg from
the knee; left knee with part of thigh, and part of left foot.
Cockerell, pl. 15, No. 6; pl. 16; Blouet, III., pl. 65, fig. 2.
[Sidenote: =167.=]
Warrior advancing with shield extended, and right hand raised to hurl
spear, closely corresponding to No. 163. Perhaps Aeneas.
Restored:--Head (which should probably be bearded), right armpit
and breast, fingers, parts of shield and legs. Cockerell, pl. 15,
No. 4; pl. 16; Blouet, III., pl. 66, fig. 2.
[Sidenote: =168.=]
Archer kneeling and drawing his bow. He wears a Phrygian cap, which
has holes in the front for a metal wreath. (Compare the wreath on the
Ephesian fragment No. 46, _12_); also closely-fitting breeches and
coat of leather. This figure, which is always known as Paris, closely
corresponds with the 'Teucer,' No. 162.
Restored:--Tips of cap, nose and chin; some fingers, and the
forepart of the left foot. Cockerell, pl. 15, No. 7; pl. 16;
Blouet, III., pl. 68, fig. 2; Brunn, _Denkmaeler_, No. 24.
[Sidenote: =169.=]
Wounded Trojan, leaning on the right arm. An arrow may have been fixed
in the left knee between the thumb and forefinger.
Restored:--Head, left arm, part of right forearm and hand; both
legs from the knees. Cockerell, pl. 15, No. 8; pl. 16; Blouet,
III., pl. 65, fig. 1.
[Sidenote: =170.=]
The pediment is surmounted by an acroterion, consisting of a palmette
between two large volutes, which are for the most part restorations.
(Cockerell, pls. 1, 4.)
On each side of the acroterion is an architectonic female figure,
treated in the same designedly archaic style as the figure of Athenè.
[Sidenote: =171.=]
Female figure (on the left).
Restored:--Head, right hand and part of sleeve; left forearm with
part of sleeve and drapery. Cockerell, pl. 1.
[Sidenote: =172.=]
Female figure (on the right).
Restored:--Head; lower edge of right sleeve; right hand and
forearm; parts of drapery. Cockerell, pl. 1.
[Sidenote: =173.=]
At each angle are casts of lions' heads, which in the absence of casts
from the originals have been taken from the cornice of the archaic
temple at Ephesus. The lion's head engraved by Cockerell (pl. 13, fig.
4), appears to be his restoration.
[Sidenote: =174.=]
The angles are surmounted by Gryphons, which have been cast from
a single original. The original has been considerably restored,
especially the head.
Cockerell, pl. 13, fig, 4. The hind parts of one Gryphon were
discovered by Chandler in 1765, but they were immediately broken
and stolen. Chandler, _Travels in Greece_, p. 12.
THE EAST PEDIMENT OF THE TEMPLE AT AEGINA.
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A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume 1 (of 2) — John Shaqi
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