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228 CATALOGUE OF SCULPTUEE.The second Goddess may well be Hera, and in that caseher male companion would probably be Zeus.Length, 4 feet 6 inches. Mus. Marbles, IX., pi. 13.404.3. Combat of two warriors. The nude warrior on theleft, armed with shield and helmet, presses forward to theattack ; he probably held a sword in the right hand. Hisadversary, whose back is turned towards us, appears tobe in retreat, but to be stopping to deliver a thrust,probably with a spear held in the right hand. His leftarm must have held out a shield, of the rim of whicha fragment remains, attached to the left thigh. Hisdress is a chiton Jieteromaschalos. On the right of theslab is seen the right foot of a warrior, belonging tothesucceeding group, of which the British Museum possessesno cast. The warrior stretches out his shield to protecta wounded figure lying on the ground.Length, 2 feet 10 inches. Mus. Marbles^ IX., pi. 14. For the missinggroup, see Stuart, III., ch. I., pL 17 ; Overbeck, Gr. Flast.,3rd, ed., I., p. 348.4. Part of the legs of the wounded warrior just referred toremains on the ground, on the left. Next on the right aretwo warriors moving to the right. Both these figures arenude, but very seriously mutilated. It is doubtful whetherthe figure on the left was armed with a shield, like hiscompanion. His right foot is advanced and he is hurryingforward.Length, 2 feet 8 inches. Mus. Marbles, IX., pi. 14.5. A battle scene, in which the combatants, four innumber, are hurling rocks ; a fifth, overcome in the fray,lies prostrate on the ground. In this combat one warriorappears to be fighting against three. On the left an heroicfigure, which may well be Theseus, is seen advancing.In