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VOTIVE RELIEFS. 355as if resting on a staff. She wears a long chiton, overwhich is a diploidion reaching nearly to the knees. Ashort mantle hangs on her left arm. Athene is clad in along chiton with diploidion ; her left hand rests on theedge of her shield at her side.From a comparison of this relief, with other similar compositionsfrom Athens, it is probable that it is the headingbroken off from an honorary decree of the Athenian peopleby wliich a crown was conferred on some citj' or individualfor services. (Compare above, p. 303 ; Schone, Griech.Beliefs, pi. 16, fig. 75, p. 41 ; and the fragment. No. 772.)The figure of Athene here as on many other reliefs isin its general outlinescopied from the Athene Parthenosof Pheidias. (Compare Michaelis, pi. 15, figs. 6-17.)Athens (?).Elgin Coll.Peutelic marble; height, 11 inches; width, 1 foot 4^ inches. Mus.Marbles, IX., pi. 35, fig. 4 ; Synopsis, No. 375 (82) ; Elgin RoomGuide, Part II., No. F. 4.772. Fragment of relief from the upper part of an inscribedstele, Athene stands on the light ; with her right handshe places a crown on the head of a youth, who standsfacing her on the left. He is clad in a mantle. Athenewears a crested helmet and a long chiton, over which is adiploidion ; on her breast is the aegis ; her left hand holdsher shield which rests on the ground on its edge. Therelief was bounded by pilasters and a pediment. It isprobable that originally a third figure balanced thefigure of Athene, as in the preceding relief, No. 771.This figure of Athene, like the preceding, is in itsgeneral outlines copied from the Athen^ Parthenos ofPheidias. Athens (f). Elgin Coll.Pentelic marble; height, 1 foot 4 inches; width, 9J inches. Mus.Marbles, IX., pi, a6, fig. 1 ; Si/uopsis, No. 371 (89); Elgin RoomGuide, Part II., No. F, 5, For similar subjects, see SchSne,Griech. Reliefs, pi. 22, No. 96; Wolters, Nos. 1157-1181.^» 2 A 2