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A manual of Greek archaeology (1886)

Collignon, Maxime, 1849-1917, Wright, John Henry, 1852-1908 · London : Cassell Pub. Co. · leaf 142

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n, Beschreibungde? Glyptothek, Third Edition, 1874. K. Lange has lately writtena work on the important question as to the arrangement of thefigures or the composition of the two pediments (K. Lange, DieComposition der ^gineten, 1878). On studying the monuments withextreme care, as had already been… … £. 2Jt3ZS£.du- \FlG. 37.—HERACLES.(From the Eastern JEgma, pediment.) pediments is rigorously symmetrical. Each scene had fourteen figuresinstead of eleven, as had been previously believed. In the centre,Athena, with the fallen warrior. On either side—(1) a figure bend-ing towards the prostrate…

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