A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities Part 54

3; _Synopsis_, No. 25; c.o.c.kerell, _Phigaleia_, pl. 14.

[Sidenote: =509.= 1.]

Roof tile, with antefixal end, with a palmette in relief above two volutes springing from an acanthus.

Marble; height, 1 foot 3-1/4 inches; length, 1 foot 8-1/2 inches. _Mus.

Marbles_, IV., pl. 25, fig. 1; _Synopsis_, No. 39; _Exp. de Moree_, II., pl. 19, fig. 1; c.o.c.kerell, _Phigaleia_, pl. 7.

[Sidenote: 2.]

Part of roof tile from the ridge of the roof of the temple.

The central portion is not worked with palmettes, as shown by c.o.c.kerell.

Marble; height of fragment, 1 foot 4 inches; length, 1 foot 6 inches.

The complete length was about 2 feet 3 inches. _Mus. Marbles_, IV., pl. 25, fig. 2; _Synopsis_, No. 40; c.o.c.kerell, _Phigaleia_, pl. 7, figs. 5, 6.

PHIGALEIAN METOPES.

The following fragments belong to a series of metopes in high relief, which were placed over the entrance to the cella of the temple, in a position similar to that occupied by the metopes of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia. In the Parthenon the frieze takes the place of the internal metopes, of which however a trace remains in the _guttae_ which occur at regular intervals below the frieze, and which imply triglyphs.--c.o.c.kerell, _Phigaleia_, pl. 5.

The fragmentary state of the metopes makes the subjects uncertain, in most instances.

For a general view of the metopes, see _Stereoscopic_, No. 122.

[Sidenote: =510.=]

Figure wearing a helmet with a projecting tail-piece (compare Parthenon frieze, south side, No. 4), a sleeveless chiton girt at the waist, and a small cloak. The figure wears a Gorgoneion on the breast; and with the left hand seems to be playing on a lyre, which is partly expressed in relief, and must have been further indicated in colour.

The Gorgoneion suggests Athene, but it is more likely that it is merely worn as an amulet, and the figure may be that of a Thracian citharist (cf. Wolters, p. 301). The dress is nearly the same as that of Orpheus on the well-known relief in the Villa Albani--(Zoega, _Ba.s.sirel. Ant._ i., pl. 42).

Marble; height, 1 foot 6 inches; width. 1 foot 4-1/2 inches. _Mus.

Marbles_, IV., pl. 24, fig. 1; Stackelberg, pl. 30, fig. 2; _Exp.

de Moree_, II., pl. 23, fig. 2; _Synopsis_, No. 28; c.o.c.kerell, _Phigaleia_, pl. 8; Ellis; _Elgin and Phigaleian Marbles_, II, p.

213.

[Sidenote: =511.=]

A mutilated male head, inserted in the same metope as last. It appears to have been bearded, but this is doubtful.

Marble; height, 5-1/2 inches; width, 9 inches. _Synopsis_, No. 33.

[Sidenote: =512.=]

Torso from the b.r.e.a.s.t.s to the knees of a female figure, wearing a fine clinging chiton and a mantle. The right hand holds two objects, perhaps _crotala_ or possibly flutes, and the left hand was extended.

Marble; height, 1 foot 3 inches; width, 1 foot 5-1/2 inches. _Mus.

Marbles_, IV., pl. 24, fig. 2; Stackelberg, pl. 30, fig. 1; _Exp.

de Moree_, II., pl. 23, fig. 1; Ellis, _Elgin and Phigaleian Marbles_, II., p. 213.

[Sidenote: =513.=]

Lower part of a nude male figure from the waist to the ankle of the left leg, standing. The right leg is wanting. The figure stands to the left with drapery wrapped about the left arm.

Marble; height, 1 foot 10 inches; width, 9-1/4 inches.

[Sidenote: =514.=]

Right knee of a draped female figure standing to the right.

Marble; height, 10 inches, width, 11 inches. _Synopsis_, No. 37.

[Sidenote: =515.=]

Fragment with the upper moulding of a metope, and with a circular object in relief, which has a round depression in the centre. This object has been interpreted as a cymbal held up by a dancing figure.

Perhaps, however, it may be a ring from the top of a tripod of Apollo, such as is frequently seen. Cf. Furtwaengler, _Bronzen von Olympia_, pl. 34.

Marble; height, 4 inches; width, 6 inches. _Synopsis_, No. 31.

[Sidenote: =516.=]

Figure of Apollo Kitharoedos? A male figure, wearing the dress of a citharist, with a long tunic falling to the feet, confined by a belt and by bands crossing the breast. The figure also wears a flowing mantle, and has long hair falling on the shoulders. The figure is half turned to the right, and looks back to the left. If the preceding fragment is, as suggested, a part of a tripod, Apollo may be supposed to have been standing beside the Delphic tripod.

Marble; height, 2 feet 7-1/2 inches; width, 1 foot 3 inches.

The two main portions of the figure of Apollo, which have only recently been joined, give the height of the metopes. _Synopsis_, Nos. 36, 38.

[Sidenote: =517.=]

[Sidenote: 1.]

This metope, though in a fragmentary state, appears to represent the rape of a woman by a nude male figure. A woman wearing a sleeveless chiton and a mantle, raises her right hand wrapped in the mantle to her head. Of the ravisher we only see the fingers of the right hand grasping the neck of the woman, and a part of his arm below the woman's right elbow, and behind her drapery.

[Sidenote: 2.]

On the second fragment, which may be a.s.sumed to belong to the same metope, we see a part of the feet of the woman, the toes of the man's right foot, and doubtful traces of his left foot. He was probably represented as seizing the woman by the neck and the knees.

c.o.c.kerell suggests that the subject is Apollo pursuing Daphne, who was a daughter of the neighbouring river Ladon, but he is mistaken in thinking that the man's fingers are stretched out straight, and have no grasp of the woman's neck.

Marble. Fragment 1: height, 1 foot 4-1/2 inches; width, 1 foot 3 inches. _Synopsis_, No. 30; _Exp. de Moree_, II. pl. 23, fig. 3; Stackelberg, pl. 30, fig. 3; _Mus. Marbles_, IV., pl. 24, fig. 3; Ellis, _Elgin and Phigaleian Marbles_, II., p. 213. Fragment 2: height, 8-3/4 inches; width, 1 foot 4 inches. _Synopsis_, No. 35.

[Sidenote: =518.=]

Upper part of body of draped female figure standing to the front.

Marble; height, 8 inches; width, 10 inches. _Synopsis_, No. 32.

[Sidenote: =519.=]

Torso of an obese bearded figure, from the neck to the waist. The figure appears to have been seated, leaning back, and having a staff and drapery under the left arm. c.o.c.kerell restores it as a figure standing and leaning on a staff.