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108 CATALOGUE OF SCULPTURE.the British Museum, No. G. 281 (see fig. 9). The figure,however, differs greatly in character, not only from thefigure on the monument of Lysicrates, but also from thefigure sometimes supposed to be Dionysos on the fiiezo ofthe Parthenon. (East side, No. 38.) More recently Brunnhas interpreted this figure as the mountain of Olymposillumined by the first rays of the rising sun, and it mustbo acknowledged that the attitude and type of the socalledTheseus is very suitable for the personification ofFig. 9.a mountain. Compare the figures of mountains fromreliefs, collected by Waldstein {Essays, pp. 173, 174).Mas. Marblcs,YL, pis. 3, 4 ; Baumeister, Dcnkmaelcr, p. 1180, fig. 1370 ;Michaelis, pi. 6, fig. 10; Overbeck, Gr. Flast, 3rd ed., I., p. 304,fig. 62; Murray, II., pi. 5; Stereoscopic, No. 105; Waldstein,Essays, pi. 6 ; Brunn, Ber. dcr k. hayer. Aliad., Phil. hist. CI.,1874, II., p. 14. The correct position of the figure in the pedimenthas been ascertained by Sauer (c/. fig. 7).303 E, Two female figures, seated on square seats. They bothF. wear a sleeveless chiton, girt at the waist, and a diploidion.Over it is a mantle thrown over their lower