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  WORLD 
  AECHEOLOGY 
  — 
  CASANOWICZ. 
  491 
  

  

  Beneath 
  the 
  lion 
  is 
  seen 
  the 
  prostrate 
  form 
  of 
  a 
  giant. 
  Cybele 
  is 
  

   preceded 
  by 
  a 
  female 
  attendant 
  with 
  sword, 
  and 
  further 
  to 
  the 
  

   front, 
  by 
  the 
  rude 
  and 
  powerful 
  form 
  of 
  a 
  Gahirus 
  (a 
  deity 
  of 
  the 
  

   subterranean 
  fire, 
  etc.). 
  He 
  carries 
  his 
  attribute, 
  the 
  hammer, 
  which 
  

   he 
  is 
  aiming 
  at 
  the 
  most 
  monstrous 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  whole 
  frieze; 
  a 
  

   giant 
  who 
  has 
  not 
  only 
  the 
  legs 
  of 
  a 
  serpent, 
  but 
  the 
  hump 
  and 
  ears 
  

   of 
  a 
  buffalo. 
  He 
  has 
  thrown 
  his 
  huge 
  bulk 
  on 
  his 
  enemy, 
  who 
  drives 
  

   his 
  sword 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  hilt 
  into 
  the 
  monster's 
  body. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  shelves 
  are 
  ranged 
  65 
  reduced 
  casts 
  of 
  statues 
  and 
  busts 
  

   representing 
  the 
  Greco-Roman 
  pantheon 
  from 
  Zeus 
  (Jupiter), 
  the 
  

   " 
  Father 
  of 
  Gods 
  and 
  Men," 
  to 
  the 
  shepherd 
  god 
  Pan 
  with 
  nymphs, 
  

   muses, 
  satyrs, 
  etc. 
  There 
  is 
  also 
  among 
  these 
  sculptures 
  a 
  reduced 
  

   cast 
  of 
  the 
  Moses 
  of 
  Michelangelo, 
  the 
  marble 
  original 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  

   in 
  the 
  Church 
  of 
  San 
  Pietro 
  in 
  Vincoli, 
  Rome, 
  representing 
  Moses 
  

   seated, 
  the 
  right 
  hand 
  holding 
  the 
  Tables 
  of 
  the 
  Law 
  and 
  clutching 
  

   the 
  long 
  beard, 
  while 
  the 
  left 
  arm 
  is 
  pressed 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  body. 
  

  

  The 
  cases 
  also 
  hold 
  facsimiles 
  of 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  finest 
  Tanagra 
  terra- 
  

   cotta 
  figurines 
  representing 
  Greek 
  mythological 
  subjects, 
  a 
  small 
  col- 
  

   lection 
  of 
  electrotyped 
  Greek 
  cameos, 
  casts 
  of 
  Greek 
  bowls 
  (pi. 
  48, 
  

   showing 
  a 
  section 
  of 
  the 
  exhibit). 
  At 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  case 
  is: 
  

  

  A 
  " 
  Classical 
  Bouquet." 
  An 
  album 
  containing 
  hand-painted 
  illus- 
  

   trations 
  of 
  the 
  principal 
  monuments 
  of 
  Greece 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  of 
  Crete. 
  

   The 
  illustrations 
  are 
  explained 
  by 
  appropriate 
  quotations 
  from 
  the 
  

   ancient 
  Greek 
  authors 
  in 
  the 
  original 
  language, 
  accompanied 
  by 
  

   translations 
  in 
  French, 
  and 
  from 
  some 
  modern 
  authors. 
  To 
  this 
  are 
  

   added 
  flowers 
  culled 
  from 
  the 
  spots 
  which 
  the 
  illustrations 
  represent. 
  

   The 
  album 
  was 
  conceived 
  and 
  executed 
  with 
  the 
  aid 
  of 
  native 
  artists 
  

   from 
  Greece 
  by 
  Miss 
  Elizabeth 
  B. 
  Contaxaki, 
  of 
  the 
  Isle 
  of 
  Crete, 
  

   as 
  a 
  contribution 
  for 
  the 
  Universal 
  Exposition 
  at 
  Paris, 
  France, 
  in 
  

   1855, 
  and 
  by 
  her 
  presented 
  to 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution 
  through 
  

   Mr. 
  Charles 
  S. 
  Spence 
  and 
  the 
  Hon. 
  Lewis 
  Cass, 
  Secretary 
  of 
  State. 
  

   Bound 
  in 
  blue 
  velvet, 
  richly 
  embroidered 
  in 
  silver, 
  with 
  floral 
  de- 
  

   signs, 
  crown, 
  wreath, 
  and 
  meanders, 
  and 
  inclosed 
  in 
  a 
  carved 
  wooden 
  

   case. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  wall 
  over 
  the 
  cases 
  are 
  displayed, 
  from 
  north 
  to 
  south 
  : 
  

  

  (i) 
  A 
  selection 
  from 
  the 
  Hittite 
  reliefs 
  (see 
  above, 
  p. 
  457) 
  found 
  

   in 
  Senjirli, 
  Northern 
  Syria. 
  They 
  represent 
  — 
  

  

  1. 
  Two 
  goats 
  leaping 
  at 
  one 
  another. 
  

  

  2. 
  Winged 
  divinity, 
  or 
  demon, 
  with 
  head 
  of 
  griffin 
  (pi. 
  49). 
  

  

  3. 
  Lion 
  chase, 
  with 
  the 
  winged 
  sun 
  disk, 
  the 
  emblem 
  of 
  divinity 
  

   (pi. 
  50). 
  

  

  4. 
  Guitar 
  player. 
  

  

  5. 
  Lion-headed 
  god 
  of 
  the 
  chase, 
  holding 
  hares 
  (pi. 
  51). 
  

  

  