A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities Part 21

Figure of Athene presiding over the battle. She stands erect in the centre of the pediment, fully armed and wearing her aegis. There is an archaic formality in her pose and in the composition of the drapery, which shows that the artist has adopted a traditional type of temple-image. The earrings, locks of hair, a Gorgoneion, and snakes bordering the aegis were made of metal, and attached.

Restored:--Nose, right hand, part of left hand. c.o.c.kerell, pl. 15, No. 1; pl. 16; Blouet, III., pl. 67, fig. 1; Brunn, _Denkmaeler_ No. 23.

[Sidenote: =166.=]

Kneeling Trojan, with right hand raised to hurl spear.

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.

c.o.c.kerell, pl. 15, No. 6; pl. 16; Blouet, III., pl. 65, fig. 2.

[Sidenote: =167.=]

Warrior advancing with s.h.i.+eld 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 s.h.i.+eld and legs. c.o.c.kerell, 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. c.o.c.kerell, 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. c.o.c.kerell, 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.

(c.o.c.kerell, 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 Athene.

[Sidenote: =171.=]

Female figure (on the left).

Restored:--Head, right hand and part of sleeve; left forearm with part of sleeve and drapery. c.o.c.kerell, pl. 1.

[Sidenote: =172.=]

Female figure (on the right).

Restored:--Head; lower edge of right sleeve; right hand and forearm; parts of drapery. c.o.c.kerell, 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 c.o.c.kerell (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.

c.o.c.kerell, 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.

Of the east pediment only five figures were found, sufficiently complete to be restored. The fragments leave no doubt that the composition was as a whole a.n.a.logous to that of the west pediment, and that the subject was a battle for the body of a fallen warrior, fought in the presence of Athene.

The clue to the subject represented is given by the figure of Heracles, and archaeologists are almost unanimous in thinking that the scene is a battle in the war which Telamon of Aegina, aided by Heracles, waged against Laomedon, King of Troy (cf. Apollodorus, ii., 6, 3, 4).

The arrangement is nearly that of c.o.c.kerell. The Heracles, however, has been placed on the right side of the pediment, because the left side of the statue is the most carefully finished, and was therefore intended to be seen.

Restorations of the East Pediment. (1) With 10 figures; wounded warrior as restored. Prachov, _Mon. dell' Inst._, IX., pl. 57.

(2) With parts of 12 figures; wounded warrior not as restored.

c.o.c.kerell, supplementary plate; Muller, _Denkmaeler_, I., pl. 8; Blouet, III., pl. 58, fig. 1; Murray, I., pl. 7. For two heads from this pediment, see Brunn, _Denkmaeler_, No. 121.

The figures beginning with the left end of the pediment are the following:--

[Sidenote: =175.=]

Warrior lying down, supported by his arm, within the handles of his s.h.i.+eld. He is wounded below the right breast.

Restored:--Crest, part of visor, four fingers of left hand, four toes of left foot; right leg from the middle of the thigh.

c.o.c.kerell, p. 32, pl. 14, No. 4; Blouet, III., pl. 59, fig. 2.

[Sidenote: =176.=]

Warrior advancing, with a s.h.i.+eld on the left arm, and a lance (?) in the right hand.

Restored:--Head, hands, right hip; most of s.h.i.+eld, c.o.c.kerell, p. 32, pl. 14, No. 2; Blouet, III., pl. 59, fig. 1; Brunn, _Denkmaeler_, No. 28.

[Sidenote: =177.=]

Wounded warrior fallen backwards on his s.h.i.+eld.

Restored:--Head, arms, s.h.i.+eld, right leg, left leg from the knee.

The correctness of the restoration has been doubted. The left side is most corroded by the atmosphere, and would therefore seem to have been uppermost. In that case the figure must have resembled that of the fallen warrior in the centre of the west pediment. It is thus drawn by c.o.c.kerell, in a supplementary plate. Engraved as restored, c.o.c.kerell, pl. 14, No. 1; Blouet, III., pl. 61, fig. 1.

[Sidenote: =178.=]

Figure of a youth leaning forward, to draw away the fallen warrior.

Restored:--Nose, arms, pubis, most of right foot, and left foot; c.o.c.kerell, pl. 14, No. 3; Blouet, III., pl. 61, fig. 2; Brunn, _Denkmaeler_, No. 26.