Believing that some account of the statues recently discovered in the sea near Cythera may be of interest to the readers of the Journal of Hellenic Studies, I have the honour to send the following particulars.

The discovery was made by sponge-divers, who informed the Greek Government that a number of bronze and marble statues, which had evidently formed the cargo of a shipwrecked vessel, were lying at the bottom of the sea near the island of Cythera (Cerigo) and not far from Cape Malea.

The Government sent two ships of the Greek Navy to the spot; with their aid the divers have brought to the surface a number of statues, some intact, some much injured by the action of the sea-water, and some in fragments. They have been brought to Athens and will in due course take their place among the treasures of the National Museum. Some of them, it is not too much to say, may claim a prominent position in the history of Greek sculpture.