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HELLENIC EOOM. 
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in these pediments are casts from the original marbles, which were 
discovered in 1811 amongst the ruins of the temple, and are now 
preserved in the Museum of Sculpture at Munich. The group in the 
Western pediment, here placed on the North side of the room, repre- 
sents the death of Achilles ; the imperfect group in the pediment 
opposite is thought to represent an incident of the expedition of 
Herakles and Telamon against Troy. 
The following marbles are exhibited in this room : — 
First in importance is a collection of marbles discovered in 
1812 among the ruins of the temple of Apollo Epicurius 
near the ancient Phigalia in Arcadia. This edifice was 
erected by Iktinos, the architect of the Parthenon at Athens, 
in commemoration of the delivery of the Phigalians from the 
plague, B.C. 430. 
The most important part of this collection consists of twenty-three 
sculptured slabs, originally belonging to a frieze in the interior of the 
cella of the temple, and now arranged on both sides of the room. 
Eleven of them (Nos. 1-11) represent, in high relief, the contest 
between the Centaurs and Lapithae, which has been noticed in describ- 
ing the metopes of the Parthenon. The other twelve represent the 
invasion of Greece by the Amazons. 
Underneath the frieze are several architectural and sculptured frag- 
ments from the same temple, including part of a Doric capital from 
the outer colonnade, and part of an Ionic capital from one of the 
columns within the cella, the external and internal architecture of the 
building having been of different orders. 
In the Southern half of the room is a colossal torso from Elaea, 
the port of Pergamus. 
In the Northern half of the room are a statue of a youth, and 
two statues representing an athlete winding a diadem round his head. 
It is probable that the original from which both these figures were 
derived was the celebrated Diadumenos by Polykleitos, the contempo- 
rary of Pheidias. An oblong sculptured monument of uncertain use, 
with a relief representing apparently an offering to the goddess of 
childbirth, Eileithyia. From Cape Sigeum, near Troy. 
On the East side is a mutilated figure of a Triton, in high relief, from 
Delos ; a statue of a youth, probably Eros, from Athens, an Iconic 
female figure from the temenos of Demeter, Kniclos ; also a bust of 
Perikles, terminal head of Hermes, bust of youth, and a bust of 
Hercules. 
On one side of the Western door a bust of iEschines ; on the oppo- 
site side, the bust of an unknown philosopher. 
C. T. NEWTON. 
The East side of the Hellenic Room opens into the 
