impossible to regard those of Poseidon as his distinctive token in the
combat.
If we assume that this second pair of horses was attached to the
chariot of Poseidon, room may be found for a representation of
the salt spring either between the left leg of the Sea-god and the
forelegs of his chariot horses, or beneath the horses.
For the vase picture already referred to, see also de Witte, in
the _Monuments Grecs de l'Association pour l'encouragement des
études Grecques_, No. 4, 1875; Brunn, _Sitzungsber. d. k. bayer.
Akad. Phil.-hist. Cl._, 1876, p. 477; and Petersen, _Arch. Zeit._,
1875, p. 115. For more recent discussions on the subject of the
dispute between Athenè and Poseidon, see Robert in _Hermes_, XVI.,
p. 60, and in _Athenische Mittheilungen_, VII., p. 48; Petersen
in _Hermes_, XVII., p. 124; E. A. Gardner, in _Journ. of Hellen.
Studies_, III., p. 244; Wolters, p. 259.
[Sidenote: =304 N.=]
This figure, which may have been a Nereid, has been entirely lost
since the time of Dalton, unless we identify it with the supposed
Victory of the east pediment. (See No. 303 J.)
[Sidenote: =304 O.=]
Amphitritè.--In Carrey's drawing this torso appears as a seated
figure, the right foot on a higher level than the left, the left arm
drawn back as if holding the reins; between the feet appears the head
either of a dolphin or a marine monster. The head, left hand, and
apparently the right arm of Amphitritè are wanting. According to
Dalton's imperfect drawing, the figure had in his time lost the left
forearm and left leg. The torso at present wants the head, right arm
from the shoulder, left arm from below the shoulder, and all the lower
limbs except the upper part of the left thigh. The body is clad in a
long chiton without sleeves; an upper fold falls over the bosom as low
as the waist, passing under a broad girdle such as would be suitable
for charioteers. A small mantle passes obliquely across the back, one
end passing over the left shoulder and under the left arm; the
other had passed over the right shoulder. The places where metallic
ornaments were attached on this figure are marked by five holes
pierced in the marble, one of which is on the base of the neck, one
on the right shoulder at the fastening of the chiton, and three on
the left shoulder. On the inside of the left thigh are folds of fine
drapery; the surface of the outside still shows that the chiton had
been open at the side, _schistos_, as in Carrey's drawing. It should
be noted that this figure was not seated, as Carrey has drawn it,
but must have been standing with the body thrown back and the arms
extended in front, like the charioteer (No. 33) in the north frieze.
_Mus. Marbles_, VI., pl. 18; Michaelis. pl. 8, figs. 18, 18_a_.
[Sidenote: =304 P, Q.=]
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