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:;96 CATALOGUE OF SCULPTURE.For the chronology of Pheidias, see Loeschcke, in UntersuchungenA. Schaefer gewidmet, p. 25 ; for the question as to his master, seeKlein, Arch.-Epigr, Miltheilungen aus Oederreich, VII., p. 64Murray, Greek Sculpture, 2nd ed., p. 186. For the older templeon the site of the Parthenon, see Doerpfeld, in AthenischeMittheilungen, XII., p. 45 ; Harrison, Mythology of Anc. Athens,p. 467. The plan given above is taken from Michaelis. Importantmodifications have been proposed by Doerpfeld, AthenischeMittheilungen, VI., pi. 12, p. 283 ; Harrison, loc. cit., p. 464,For the mediseval history of the Parthenon, see Laborde;Athenes aux XF«, XVF, et XVIF Siecles (Paris, 1854);Gregorovius, Athen im Mittelalter (1889). Facsimiles ofCarrey's drawings are in the British Museum, and have beenpartially published in the works of Laborde, Le Parthenon(Paris, 1848).For photographic copies of the drawings of thepediments, see Antike Denlmdler, I., pis. 6, 6a. Dalton's viewsof the Acropolis were published in 1751, but the remains ofAthens were little known till the appearance of The Antiquitiesof Athens, by James Stuart and Nicolas Revett. (Londonvol. I., 1762; voL IL, 1787; vol. IIL, 1794; voL IV., 1816;vol. v., 1830). A second edition, with additional matter, buthaving inferior illustrations, was issued in 1825-1830. Theoriginal drawings, made for this work by Pars, were presentedto the British Museum by the Society of Dilettanti. Theofficial inquiry iuto the proceedings of Lord Elgin is contained inthe Report from the Select Committee of the House of Commonsen the Earl of Elgin's Collection of Sculptured Marbles; ^-c.(London, 1816).STATUE OP ATHENE PARTHENOS.The colossal statue of Athene Parthenos hy Pheidias wasplaced within the central chamber of the Parthenon. Thefigure was made of gold and ivory, and was, with its base,about 40 feet high. Athene stood, draped in chiton andaegis. In her left hand she held her spear and shield.Between her and her shield was the serpent Erichthonios.On her outstretched right hand was a winged Victory,six feet high, holding a wreath. The helmet of theGoddess was adorned, according to Pausanias, with aSphinx and Gryphons. From detailed copies of the head