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of a seated female figure, probably Latona; cast of the torso of a 
crouching male figure, by some considered as the river-god Cephissus; 
part of a recumbent female figure, perhaps the nymph Callirrhoe. 
Against the wall, behind the figures of this pediment, are placed 
casts from some fragments of a horse, supposed to have belonged to the 
chariot either of Minerva, or Neptune. 
At the South end of this room, on each side the door, are casts of a 
male and female torso, resembling in style the sculptures of the Par- 
thenon, but Avhose original positions have not been determined. 
At the North end, on a stone table, is a cast from the head of the 
figure of Victory, which formerly belonged to the Western pediment. 
On the same table is a cast from another head, now in the Imperial 
Library at Paris, believed by M. Leuormant (the donor of this cast,) 
to have belonged to the same group of statues. 
The other sculptures in this room are from various localities 
in Athens and Attica, and belong to different periods. 
The earliest specimen is a cast from a bas-relief, at the South end of 
the room, representing Minerva in her car; the original, which is still 
at Athens, was discovered on the Acropolis, and is supposed to have 
belonged to the older temple of the goddess, which was destroyed prior 
to the erection of the Parthenon. On each side of this is a small 
votive tablet, and below, a fragment of a draped female statue, and a 
cast of a male torso, all belonging to a good period of art. 
At the same end of the room, on the other side of the doorway, is a 
large bas-relief found in the theatre of Bacchus at Athens, and repre- 
senting Bacchus between a Bacchante and two Sileni ; though the style 
of sculpture appears archaic, it is probably only a late imitation of the 
earlier schools. Below this is a bas-relief of a quadriga, or four-horsed 
chariot; and in front, a marble Sundial, from Athens, bearing the 
hame of the maker Phaedrus, probably not older than the time of the 
Emperor Severus. Adjoining is a cast of an owl, from Athens. 
At the North end of the room, attached to the v^'all, are 
some sculptures from the Temple of Wingless Victory at Athens. 
This building, which appears to have been nearly contemporary 
with the Parthenon, was probably designed to commemorate 
some victories of the Athenians, both over the Persians and 
over rival Greek states. It Wcis of Ionic architecture, and 
stood nea.r the PropyliBa of the Acropolis. 
The series consists, firstly, of four marble slabs, and a cast from a 
fifth slab, belonging to the upper frieze of the building, representing, 
in high relief, Athenian warriors combating with enemies, some in 
Asiatic, others in Greek, costume ; and secondly, of casts from four 
slabs belonging to the lower frieze, representing five figures of Victory, 
two of them leading a bull to sacrifice. These monuments are all of 
the very best style of execution. 
