The antiquities of Athens and other monuments of Greece (1858)
Stuart, James, 1713-1788, Revett, Nicholas, 1720-1804 · London : H. G. Bohn · leaf 109
te to the entablature andattic; and these have been disposed with spe-cific regard to the great feature of the entirearrangement, the noble statue which occupiedthe centre of the crowning platform. Thisstatue, now in the British Museum, has lost thehead and arms; but enough remains to leave it… … CHORAGTC MONUMENT OF THRASYLLUS. 79 » figure of the female Bacchus in a sitting posture.Dr. Clarke imagined that he could trace sufficientindications to justify him in assigning the statue tothe bearded or Indian Bacchus. Amid all thesevariations, the balance of evidence is decidedly infavour of…
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