Leucothea, with boy (?).--Lower limbs of a seated female figure, which
in Carrey's drawing appears on the right of the Amphitritè, and which
then had its head. The head of the female figure looks out of the
pediment; the feet are placed very close together. In Dalton's drawing
this figure is still in position, but headless. In its present state,
nothing remains of this figure but the lap and legs to the ankles. On
the right of the figure, the body of a youth (P) appears in Carrey's
drawing. The beginning of the right thigh, with the lower part of the
buttock, is still preserved; of the left thigh, the outline as far as
the knee is preserved on the marble. Three fingers of his right hand
may still be traced on the right knee of the female figure (Q),
where they rest on an end of drapery, probably his himation, which
reappears, wound round his left thigh. These remains show that the
body of this boy faced the right side of the female figure, pressing
against her. If we assume that she is a marine goddess, the name
Leucothea seems the best attribution, and the youth at her side would
then be Palaemon. A mantle is thrown over the thighs, falling down
between the knees over the chiton. The folds are deeply undercut, as
if to express the gentle agitation of the drapery by the movement of
a light breeze. In Brunn's topographical scheme, P Q are the coast of
Attica from Munychia to the Piraeus.
_Mus. Marbles_, VI., pl. 19; Michaelis, pl. 8, fig. 19.
[Sidenote: =304 R.=]
A figure of a child appears in Carrey's drawing on the right of the
figure Q. It is doubtful whether it should be associated most nearly
with Q or with the figure next on the right (S). On the former
supposition, the figure called above Leucothea has been interpreted
as Leto with Apollo and Artemis; as Leda with the Dioscuri; or as
Fostering Earth, [Greek: Gê Kourotrophos], with children. On the
latter supposition R has generally been called Eros associated with
Aphroditè (S).
[Sidenote: =304 S, T.=]
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