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THE PARTHENON AND ITS SCULPTURES.

could see the holes by which a crown [?] had been fixed. The male head still remains."[1] The head of Cecrops was taken down about 1803. Dodwell says that the head, "which is said to have been knocked off by a Turk, is in my possession. I received it four years afterwards." These heads in the possession of scholars only a hundred years ago have completely disappeared. When Carrey made his drawings fourteen figures An image should appear at this position in the text. retained their heads, now there is only one with a head. In Paris there is a noble female head which almost certainly came from the Parthenon. A cast of this is shown at the Museum, and casts of two other imperfect heads are in the cellars. Of one of these I give a sketch (Fig. 139), it may be compared with a fine head at Oxford and a head called "Sappho" at the British Museum, both of Phidian type.[2]

XI. Turning to the figure on the extreme right, which has been terribly injured since Carrey made his drawing, we can, by a careful consideration of the drapery, arrive at a few suggestions as to the complete figure. A mantle which covers the whole back was brought to the front over the knees and lower legs; while at the other end it must have been wrapped round the right arm, on which the figure

  1. "Antiq. Athens," iv. p. 22.
  2. The Oxford head, Reinach says, is of his time, and must have been executed under his influence. Much remains to be worked out in regard to these heads. We need full-sized photos of all the heads of the frieze, &c., as a beginning.