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Male figure, seated on a chair, with left hand on left knee, and right hand by right thigh. The head and right hand are wanting. The figure wears a chiton with sleeves and a mantle which pa.s.ses under the right arm, while the ends cross the left shoulder in contrary directions.

The fine folds of the upper part of the chiton are indicated.--_Sacred Way, Branchidae._

Parian marble; height, 4 feet 2 inches.

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Female figure, seated on a chair, with hands on her knees. The head and feet are wanting. The figure wears a sleeved chiton with a diplodion and a veil. The sleeves terminate with long folds. The veil falls down over the shoulders, in numerous folds.

In attempting to indicate the legs with greater detail than his predecessors, the artist has rendered them as if they were nude; but in naturalness and freedom this statue is conspicuously the most advanced of the series.--_Sacred Way, Branchidae._

Parian marble; height, 4 feet. Newton, pl. 75 (left); Mansell, No.

603 (right); Rayet et Thomas, _Milet et le Golfe Latmique_, pl.

26 (left); Overbeck, _Gr. Plast._, 3rd ed., I., p. 94, fig. 11a; Wolters, No. 7.

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Lion, rec.u.mbent, with right fore-paw pa.s.sing in front of the body, and with left paw laid over it. The hind quarters are half turned over, the animal lying on the right haunch. The head is wanting. The mane is rendered by stiff pointed locks of hair of conventional form. The pose, however, of the animal shows careful study of nature.

On the flank is the inscription:

[Ill.u.s.tration]

1. [Greek: Ta agalmata tade anethesan hoi or- ionos paides to(u) archego(u), Thales kai Pasikles kai Hegesandros k[a]i Eu- bios kai Anaxileos, de[ka]ten to A- 5. pol(l)oni.]

”The sons of Orion, the governor, Thales, Pasicles, Hegesander, Eubios and Anaxileos dedicated these statues as a t.i.the to Apollo.”--_Sacred Way, Branchidae._

Marble; height, 2 feet 6-1/4 inches; length, 7 feet. Newton, I., pl. 97, No. 66; II., p. 777; Kirchhoff, _Studien_, 4th ed., p. 26; Roehl, _I.G.A._, 483; Roberts, _Greek Epigraphy_, p. 161; Mansell, No. 615.

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Sphinx or lion, rec.u.mbent. This figure has been called a Sphinx or a lion-sphinx. The distinguis.h.i.+ng marks of a Greek Sphinx are wanting, as the head is lost, and the figure is wingless.--_Sacred Way, Branchidae._

Marble; height, 4 feet 2 inches; length, 6 feet 11-1/2 inches.

_Antiqs. of Ionia_, 2nd ed., I., p. 29; Ross, _Arch. Zeit._, 1850, p. 132; Muller, _Denkmaeler_, I., pl. 9, No. 33; Newton, II., p.

535; Milchhoefer, _Athenische Mittheilungen_, IV., p. 50.

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Beardless male head, from an archaic statue. The left shoulder is preserved. The hair falls in tresses, as in the case of No.

9.--_Branchidae._

Marble; height, 1 foot 3 inches; Rayet et Thomas, _Milet et le Golfe Latmique_, pl. 27.

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Female head (unfinished (?)) from an archaic statue. The figure wears a veil which covers the whole of the head, except the face. The ears are indicated beneath the veil.--_Branchidae._

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