Pentelic marble; height, 1 foot 7 inches; width, 1 foot 2 inches. Synopsis, No. 376 (227); Mus. Marbles, IX., pl. 37, fig. 2; cf. Schöne, Griechische Reliefs, pl. 25, figs. 104, 105.
771. Relief from the upper part of an inscribed stelè. Athenè, standing on the right of the scene, places with her right hand a wreath on the head of a male figure less in stature. On the left is a draped female figure holding out in her right hand a wreath or a cup. The left hand of this figure is raised to the level of the top of her head, as if resting on a staff. She wears a long chiton, over which is a diploïdion reaching nearly to the knees. A short mantle hangs on her left arm. Athenè is clad in a long chiton with diploïdion; her left hand rests on the edge of her shield at her side.
From a comparison of this relief, with other similar compositions from Athens, it is probable that it is the heading broken off from an honorary decree of the Athenian people by which a crown was conferred on some city or individual for services. (Compare above, p. 303; Schöne, Griech. Reliefs, pl. 16, fig. 75, p. 41; and the fragment, No. 772.)
The figure of Athenè here as on many other reliefs is in its general outlines copied from the Athenè Parthenos of Pheidias. (Compare Michaelis, pl. 15, figs. 6-17.)—Athens (?). Elgin Coll.
Pentelic marble; height, 11 inches; width, 1 foot 4½ inches. Mus. Marbles, IX., pl. 35, fig. 4; Synopsis, No. 375 (82); Elgin Room Guide, Part II., No. F. 4.
772. Fragment of relief from the upper part of an inscribed stelè. Athenè stands on the right; with her right hand she places a crown on the head of a youth, who stands facing her on the left. He is clad in a mantle. Athenè wears a crested helmet and a long chiton, over which is a diploïdion; on her breast is the aegis; her left hand holds her shield which rests on the ground on its edge. The relief was bounded by pilasters and a pediment. It is probable that originally a third figure balanced the figure of Athenè, as in the preceding relief, No. 771.
This figure of Athenè, like the preceding, is in its general outlines copied from the Athenè Parthenos of Pheidias.—Athens (?). Elgin Coll.
Pentelic marble; height, 1 foot 4 inches; width, 9½ inches. Mus. Marbles, IX., pl. 36, fig. 1; Synopsis, No. 371 (89); Elgin Room Guide, Part II., No. F. 5. For similar subjects, see Schöne, Griech. Reliefs, pl. 22, No. 96; Wolters, Nos. 1157-1181.
773. Part of a relief, from the upper part of an inscribed stelè. Athenè stands on the left, and with her right hand she crowns a draped male figure, apparently a bearded man, who raises his right arm as if in adoration. Athenè wears a helmet and chiton with diploïdion, and places her left hand on her shield, of which the inner side is shown. The spear of Athenè rests against her left shoulder, with its end on the ground inside the shield. The relief is bounded by pilasters, with entablature and roof-tiles. The figure of Athenè (like Nos. 771, 772) is roughly copied from the Athenè Parthenos of Pheidias.