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ANCIENT AND MODERN METHODS 



Lycia, Asia Minor. (Fig. 45.) In these two examples 

 the hand seems to be in the attitude of drawing the bow, 

 with the fingers partially bent on the string, and the thumb 



Fig. 43. Amazon archer. 



assisting in holding the arrow ; and this is the form of 

 the tertiary release. 



The earliest Greek release that I have seen is represented 



Fig. 44. Phigalia. 



on a block of stone sent to this country by the Assos Ex- 

 hibition, and now the property of the Boston Museum of 

 Fine Arts. It is supposed to date about 2200 B. C. 



Fig. 45. Lycia, Asia Minor. 



In this figure the hand is vigorously grasping the string, 

 with the first and second fingers abruptly bent, the third 

 and fourth fingers apparently having been broken away. 

 (Fig. 46.) 



