This head would serve as well for Zeus as for Asclepios, and it is possible that this may have been the original intention of the artist. It was, however, discovered in 1828, in a Shrine of Asclepios, in Melos. Blacas Coll.
Parian marble; height, 1 foot 11 inches. Exp. de Morée, III. pl. 29, fig. 1; Müller-Wieseler, Denkmaeler, II., pl. 60, fig. 763; Overbeck, Gr. Kunstmyth. pl. 2, figs. 11, 12; II., p. 88; Murray, Greek Sculpture, II., pl. 11, p. 130; Mitchell, Selections, pl. 13; Rayet, Monuments, II., No. 42; Stereoscopic, No. 113; Wolters, No. 1283; Paris, La Sculpt. Ant., p. 221. Two votive inscriptions to Asclepios and Hygieia were discovered with the head. One of these, with a votive relief of a leg, is now in the British Museum (No. 809).
551. Asclepios? A male draped torso broken off at the knees; the right arm is wanting from below the shoulder, where it has been fitted with a joint. The left arm, which is entirely concealed in the mantle, is placed akimbo. The back is unfinished. The composition is suitable to a figure of Asclepios, an attribution which was probably originally suggested by the fact that this torso was obtained by Lord Elgin from the neighbourhood of Epidauros. Two small fragments of the right leg were brought away with the torso.
Parian marble; height, 3 feet 1¼ inches. Mus. Marbles, IX., pl. 5; Ellis, Elgin Marbles, II., p. 121; Synopsis, No. 327; Elgin Room Guide, II., No. E. 1.
552. Female torso from the neck down to the waist. The dress is a chiton with diploïdion; part of the tresses of hair which fall down on the back still remains.—Elgin Coll.
Pentelic marble; height, 1 foot 3 inches. Synopsis, No. 281 (146); Elgin Room Guide, II., No. F. 15.
553. Left breast and part of left side of female figure wearing a chiton girt at the waist.—Elgin Coll.
Pentelic marble; height, 1 foot 3¼ inches. Synopsis, No. 277 (147). Elgin Room Guide, II., No. F. 16.
554. Upper part of the torso of a female figure moving quickly to the left, with the arms raised. She wears a sleeveless chiton which appears to have been unsewn (schistos) down the right side. The shoulders are broken, but there are remains of large dowel holes as if for the insertion of wings, and the figure is not unlike the Victories on the balustrade of the temple of Nikè.—Elgin Coll.
Pentelic marble; height, 1 foot. Synopsis, No. 321 (79).