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THE PARTHENON AND ITS SCULPTURES.
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rests. The indications suggest that the left shoulder and side were bare. The figure on the left of the Kertsch vase recalls this one, and I suggest that it derives from it. There the upper part of the body is wholly uncovered. Carrey's sketch is inconclusive as to the pediment figure, and a rough note of Cell's is against the uncovering of the side. (Fig. 141.)

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Fig. 138.—Cecrop's Wife: Restoration;
B, C, D, Mantle; a, Serpent's Tail.

XII. As before said, the so-called "Victory," for long assigned to the east front, now takes its place just in advance of Poseidon's charioteer. It was a winged figure, as is shown by the strong mortice holes in the shoulders, and it is best called Iris.

This figure shows in a high degree a characteristic which is shared by other figures of this pediment. A gust of wind seems to sweep through the composition from the centre of action.