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. SylL,248 CATALOGUE OF SCULPTURE.sandal. A somewhat similar incident is seen on thePiirtlienon frieze, (west side, No. 29). There, however,the figure has his foot resting on a rock, while here theVictory balances herself on the left f iot with the rightleg high in the air, in a position of effort such as doesnot occur on the frieze of the Parthenon.Ross, pi. 13, figs. B, Bb; Kekule, Balustrade, pi. 4, fig. 0; Orerbeck,Gr. PlasL, ord ed., I., fig. 82; Murray, II., pi. 16, fig. 4; Brunn,Denhmaeler, No. 35. The meaning of the subject is not known.In the ritual inscription of Andania the initiated are ordered tohave bare feet, and possibly the Victory is supposed to beremoving her sandals before entering a shrine. Dittenberger,388, 15, cf. ibidem, 357, 25.428 Winged Victory standing turned to the left, the rightarm advanced. The right hand and all the left arm beingbroken away, the motive of this figure has not beenascertained, but probably the Victory was decking atrophy.Kekule, Balustrade, pi. 4, fig. M; Arch. Zeit., 1862, pi. 162;Overbeck, Gr. Piast., 3rd ed., I., fig. 82 ; Brunn, Denkinaeler,No. 35.429. Two winged Victories about to sacrifice a bull, whichone of them is holding back as it springs forward. Theother Victory leads the way, moving to the right.Ross, pi. 13, fig. A; Kekul