A catalogue of sculpture in the Department of ... - Warburg Institute

EAST FRIEZE OF PARTHENON. 155he also introduces Dionysos (24), making No. 38 Apollo.Artemis is thus excluded from his scheme. The arrangementof Flasch is happier, as Hestia alone is excluded ofthe Olympian divinities. The attributions proposed byMichaelis, Petersen, and Flaschdiffer between themselves :are as follow, where theyNo. Michaelis. Petersen. Flasch.24. Dionysos. Dionysos. Apollo.25. Demeter. Lemeter. Artemis.26. Triptolemos. Ares Ares.27. Nike. Nike? Iris.38. Apollo Patroos. Apollo. Dionysos.39. Peitho. Peitho. Demeter.23. The earlier writers saw the Dioscuri, Castor andPollux ill the two figures, Nos. 23, 24. It is now gene- IV.rally agreed that the youthful elastic figure to the left isHermes, of whom the high boots, and the petasosspreadon his knees are specially characteristic. His righthand is pierced and has held a metallic object, probablythe herald's staff, caduceus. The drapery is a smallchlamys fastened by a brooch, but at present worn aboutthe loins. The more robust figure leaning on his shoulder24. (No. 24), has his body turned in a direction contraryto that of Hermes, and the singular manner in which hislower limbs are so arranged as to clasp between them the25. knees of the seated goddess (No. 25) seems to indicatesome intimate and special relation between them. Thegoddess holds a torch, the usual attribute of Demeter,and Michaelis sees in the group (Nos. 24-26) the triad ofDionysos, Demeter, and Triptolemos. Fla.sch recognisesApollo and Artemis in Nos. 24, 25, on the ground of theirintimate relationship. If we adopt this interpretation of26. this group, it fullows that the youthful figure (No. 26)cannot be Triptolemos. We must rather look for an