Marbles And Bronzes; Fifty Plates From Selected Subjects in the Department of Greek And Roman Antiquities
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1045. 13. Sculptured drum, from the lower part of one of the columns of the great temple of Artemis (Diana) at Bphesus. This was a peculiar architectural feature which occurred in both the older and later temples of Artemis, but is hardly found elsewhere. The subject of the relief is uncertain. According to the inter- pretation commonly received, Alcestis, who died to save her husband, is being called back to the upper world by Hermes. Death (the winged figure with a sword) gives his consent. A...bout 325 B.C. Excavated by Mr. J. T. Wood, 1871. Gat. of Sculpture, II. No 1706. 14. Demeter of Cnidos. This statue was found within a tcmcnos or sacred enclosure dedicated to Demeter and certain other deities at Cnidos in Asia Minor. The figure can hardly be other than Demeter, pensive and sorrowful for the loss of her daughter, Persephone. A work of about 350 B.C. Excavated in 1858 by Sir C. T. Newton. Gat. of Sculpture, II. No. 1300. 15. Demeter of Cnidos. The head alone. (See above, No. 14.) 16.
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