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EXCAVATIONS ON THE WEST SLOPE OF THE ACROPOLIS. V.
Sculpture: Individual Findings (Part 2).
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Torso (abdomen and thighs) of a dancing satyr. Height 23 cm. The tail at
the back is broken off. The right leg is withdrawn, the left one
advanced; it was perhaps placed in front of the right leg. The upper
right side of the body rotates forward. Good work; the back is
particularly well preserved. For the motif of the torso, compare the
torso of the dancing satyr in Berlin and the statues related to it,
about which Furtwängler Satyr from Pergamon p. 12 ff. (40 Berl.
Winckelmannsprogr.) has acted.
4. Larger-than-life hand holding
three apples. L. 15.5 cm. It probably comes from the colossal statue of
Heracles with the apples of the Hesperides: compare the statue from the
theater of Pompeius Monum. dell'Inst. VIII 50, plus Furtwangler
Roschers Lexikon Sp. 2179.
5. Statuette of a headless man. H. 19
cm. He is dressed in a long chiton that falls down to her feet, is
belted broadly under the breast and hangs down in front in broad, deep
folds, while it lies firmly against the legs. The left leg is straight,
the right one is (p.315) drawn back. The right arm was raised, the left
lowered; the left shoulder is slightly inclined. On the left thigh,
below the belt, there is a small round hole that was probably used to
insert or fasten a metal object held in the left hand. Inferior work.
The pose is reminiscent of Apollon Musagetes, who holds the lyre in his
left hand and the plectrum in his right (cf. the statue in
Ny-Carlsberg, Reinach Repertoire II 105, 9).
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