Part 73 (1/2)

[Sidenote: =776.=]

Votive relief representing an offering to Apollo. On the right, the G.o.d is seated on the _omphalos_, holding up his right hand. The object held up in this hand has been broken away. A mantle is wrapped round his body, and he wears sandals. On the left are three mortals, clad in Roman military armour, who appear to be approaching as if to consult the Oracle of Apollo, and who, from the difference of stature, are probably a father and two sons. Between them and the G.o.d are two female figures, of colossal proportions, who stand to the front, their heads turned towards Apollo. Each wears a diadem, and the figure on the left holds a box containing incense in her left hand. These two figures are thought to be Leto and Artemis, whose wors.h.i.+p was a.s.sociated with that of Apollo. The relief is bounded by two pilasters surmounted by an entablature. On the base are the remains of a dedication to Apollo, in elegiac verse, which has been restored as follows, by Koehler:

[Greek: S[oi] Char[mos, ba]sileu Paian, hekatebol' Apol[lon], Hippo[kratous doron] p[ai]s anetheke tode.]--_Townley Coll._

Pentelic marble; height, 1 foot 7-3/4 inches; width, 2 feet 8 inches. Presented by the Duke of Bedford to Mr. Townley, in 1805.

_Mus. Marbles_, II., pl. 5; Ellis, _Townley Gallery_, II., p.

135; _Guide to Graeco-Roman Sculptures_, I., No. 200; Wolters, No.

1849; _C.I.G._, 1946; _C.I.A._, II., 1527_b_; Kaibel, 799; _Rhein.

Mus. N.F._, 1886, p. 346; Cavaceppi, _Raccolta d'Antiche Statue_, III., pl. 1.

[Sidenote: =777.=]

Fragment of votive relief dedicated by Asclepiodotos to Apollo Tadokomeites. The upper part is missing. On the right is the figure on a colossal scale of Apollo Kitharoedos, preserved only from the knees downwards. On the left a draped male figure kneels by an altar, holding a ram, and having a knife in the right hand. Behind the altar is a tree. On the left of the relief, a male figure, whose head is wanting, stands holding a conical object in his right hand.

Inscribed: [Greek: Asklepiodotos Diphilou Apolloni Tadokomeite euchen].--_Cyzicus._ _Presented by A. van Branteghem, Esq., 1890._

Marble; height, 1 foot 1 inch; width, 11-1/2 inches. _Rev. Arch._, 1891, p. 12, No. 3.

[Sidenote: =778.=]

Fragment of votive relief. Artemis stands with the right arm on her right thigh, and leaning on what appears to be a torch. She wears a huntress dress, with short chiton, and has a hound standing beside her. On the right is an altar at which a male wors.h.i.+pper appears to be making an offering. On the extreme right is the hand and drapery of a female figure making a gesture of adoration.--_Ephesus._ _J. T. Wood._

Ephesian marble; height, 1 foot 1 inch; width, 9 inches.

[Sidenote: =779.=]

Fragment of relief, including the upper part of a standing figure of Artemis, from the middle of the thighs. At her left side was a stag, of which the head alone remains. In the centre is a female figure with the right arm extended. On the right is a female wors.h.i.+pper of smaller stature, who has the right hand raised, making a gesture of adoration.

Around the relief is a rudely cut rocky background.

Greek marble; height, 1 foot 1-1/2 inches; width, 1 foot.

[Sidenote: =780.=]

Votive relief (?). Two youths on horseback, probably the Dioscuri, though the conical cap, _pileus_, by which they are distinguished is wanting. Each wears a chiton and chlamys. They are beardless; their hair is short and bound with a diadem; the bridles have been painted in red, which is still faintly visible on the marble. The horses are small and compact, like those on the frieze of Parthenon, and have hogged manes.--_Purchased from Sir W. Hamilton, 1772._

Marble; height, 1 foot 5-1/2 inches; length, 1 foot 9-1/4 inches.

_Mus. Marbles_, II., pl. 11; Ellis, _Townley Gallery_, II., p.

111; _Guide to Graeco-Roman Sculptures_, Part I., No. 153.

[Sidenote: =781.=]

Votive relief. Two youthful male figures, perhaps the Dioscuri, stand to the front, having an altar between them. One is nude, and the other only has drapery on the left arm. They have spears in their left hands. One appears to be holding an oinochoe in his right hand, and the other a phiale. They stand between two Ionic columns, surmounted by an entablature, with antefixal tiles, and festoons of rosettes above.

Marble; height, 1 foot 6-1/2 inches; width, 1 foot 2-3/4 inches.

[Sidenote: =782.=]

Votive tablet with relief representing Kybele seated. She wears a polos, and has a tympanum in the left hand, and has a lion by her left side. With the right hand she holds a phiale over an altar; on the left of the altar is a male wors.h.i.+pper standing.--_Cyzicus._ _Presented by A. van Branteghem, Esq._