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WEST PEDIMENT OF PARTHENON. 129but must have been standing with the body thrownit,back and the arms extended in front, like the charioteer(No. 33) in the north frieze.JUtis. Marbles, VI., pi. 18 ; Michaelis. pi. 8, figs. 18, 18a.304 P, Leucothea, with boy (?).—Lower limbs of a seated femaleQ- figure, which in Carrey's drawing appears on the right ofthe Amphitrite, and which then had its head. The headof the female figure looks out of the pediment ;are placed YQxy close together.the feetIn Dalton's drawing thisfigure is still in position, but headless. In its presentsfate, nothing remains of thisfigure but the lap and legsto the ankles. On the right of the figure, the body of ayouth (P) appears in Carrey's drawing. The beginningof the right thigh, with the lower part of the buttock, isstill preserved ;of the left thigh, the outline as far as theknee is preserved on the murble. Three fingers of hisright hand may still be traced onthe right knee of thefemale figure (Q), where they rest on an end of drapery,probably his himation, which reappears, wound round hisleft thigh. These remains show that the body of thisboy faced the right side of the female figure, pressingagainst her.If we assume that she is a marine goddess,the name Leucothea seems the bestattribution, and theyouth at her side would then be Palaemon. A mantleis thrown over the thighs, falling down between theknees over the chiton. The folds are deeply undercut, asif to express the gentle agitation of the drapery by themovement of a light breeze. In Brunn's topographicalscheme, P Q are the coast of Attica from Munycliia to thePiraeus.Mus. Marbles, VL, pi. 19 ; Michaelis, pi. 8, fig. 19.304 R. A figure of a child appears in Carrey's drawing on theright of the figure Q. It is doubtful whether it should