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GREEK ANTIQUITIES. 
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Doric temple, found at Ilium Novum, 1872, and presented 
b}'' the discoverer, Dr. Schliemann ; subject, the sun god 
(Helios) in his chariot ; also the following marbles dis- 
covered by Mr. Pullan in the Temple of Athene Polias at 
Priene : (1.) the dedication of the Temple of Athene by 
Alexander the Great, inscribed on a stone from one of the 
antae ; (2, 3.) a colossal arm and hand, probably from the 
statue of Athene in the Temple; (4.) a colossal foot; (5.) a 
colossal female head, closely resembling that from the Mauso- 
leum, No. 7 supra; (6.) a male Iconic head, perhaps of a 
king of the Macedonian period ; (7.) a draped female torso ; 
(8.) an Ionic capital; (9.) a capital from one of the antae; 
(10.) fragments of the cornice. 
These marbles, together with an interesting collection of 
inscriptions, fragments of frieze, and architectural fragments 
from the same site, were presented to the Museum by the 
Dilettanti Society in 1870. 
ELGIN ROOM. 
This room contains the sculptures from the Parthenon, a 
portion of the frieze of the temple of the Wingless Victory at 
Athens, some architectural remains* from the Erechtheum, a 
statue of Dionysos from the Choragic monument of Thrasyllos, 
together with a number of fragments and casts, all from 
Athens. The sculptures from the Parthenon, and nearly all 
the marbles in this room, were obtained by the Earl of Elgin, 
when Ambassador at Constantinople, in the years 1801—3, 
by virtue of a firman from the Sublime Porte. The Elgin 
Collection, which includes some additional marbles acquired 
after 1803, was purchased from Lord Elgin by the Govern- 
ment in 181G, for i.^35,000. 
The sculptures from the Parthenon consist of the remains 
of tlie pedimental compositions, the metopes and the frieze. 
The Parthenon, or temple of the virgin goddess, Atliene, 
was constructed by Iktinos about B.C. 440, under the 
administration of Pericles. It stood on the Acropolis at 
AtlK'iis, on tlie site formerly occupied by the more ancient 
temple of Athene, called Hecatonipedon, which was burnt on 
