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A New Parthenon Fragment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 December 2013

J. Six
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The pedimental heads of the Parthenon are lost. The only one that holds, that of the ‘Theseus,’ magnificent in its pose and mass, is in utter ruin. The fragment of Athena, recently discovered, is no more than part of the helmet with one ear and this not entire (Fig. 1). Of the other fragments we hardly may hope ever to be mathematically certain that they belong to these pediments, as one may be with fragments of the metopes or the frieze, when break fits upon break

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Research Article
Information
The Journal of Hellenic Studies , Volume 31 , November 1911 , pp. 65 - 71
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies 1911

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References

1 Smith, A. H., The Sculptures of the Parthenon, p. 18Google Scholar, Pl. XIVa. 17.

2 Der Weber-Labordesche Kopf und die Giebelgruppen der Parthenon.

3 De Laborde, Pl. LVIII. 7 and 6. Michaelis, Pl. VIII. 8 and 9.

4 Festschrift für Overbeck, Taf. iii. 1. c. p. 30.

5 The cast has been photographed somewhat from below to make visible the remnant of the original upper-lip.

6 Michaelis, , Parthenon, p. 63Google Scholar.

7 Röm. Mitth. ix. Taf. 7. Olympia, iii. pp. 188–9.

8 In Schwerzek's restoration, too, it stands nearly upright, with only a very slight bend to the left.