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KoiOLYMPIA. 81191. Cast of a metope from the Temple of Zeus at Olympia.Heracles supports on his shoulders the vault of heaven,while the Titan Atlas brings him the golden apples ofthe Hesperides. Heracles has a folded cushion on hisshoulders to make the burden easier ; Atlas stands beforehim with six apples in his outstretched hands. AHesperid or nymph stands behind and raises one hand asif to share the weight.The original is of marble, and is at Olympia, where it was discoveredby the German excavators, Ausgrahungen zu Olympia,I., 26 ; Athenische Mittheilungen, 1., Tp^. 11; Murray, II., pi. 13 ;Wolters, No. 280; Overbeck, Gr. Flast, 3rd ed., I., p. 445;Boetticher, Olympia, p. 285. (Boetticher's illustration is mostnearly complete.That of Overbeck gives both hands of Atlas.)For the female head, see Journ. of Hellen. Studies, V., pi. 45.192. Cast of a statue of Victory, by Paionios of Mend^,Victory is supposed to be moving forward through midair.One foot rests lightly on the back of an eagle,beneath which is a rock. The wings and draperies thatwere originally spread out behind the figure are nowwanting. The statue stood on a triangular pedestal, about19 feet high. On the pedestal was an inscription recordingthat the Victory was offered as a tithe of spoilto Olympian Zeus by the Messenians and Naupactians;and that the author was Paionios of Mende, who madethe acroteria of the temple :—Mccroravioi koX NauTraKTioiaviOfVAllIiiroirjae McvSaios|'OAu/ATrio) SeKarav ctTTO T^ifx ttoXc/aicov. IlaiajviosTa.Kp