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GREEK SCULPTURES. 
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more fully described in the fourth part of the description of the Mu- 
No. 24. A fragment of a Doric capital of one of the columns of the 
peristyle. From the same temple. „ , 
No. 25. A fragment of an Ionic capital of one of the columns of the 
cella. From the same temple. , . 
Nos 26 27 Two fragments of the tiles which surmounted the 
pediments, ’and formed the superior moulding. From the same temple. 
Nos. 28—38. Fragments of the Metopes, found m the porticos ot 
the pronaos and posticus, which were enriched with triglyphs. From 
the same temple. , „ ~ 
No. 39. A small tile, which was used for the purpose of covering 
the joints of the greater tiles ; the ornament in front surmounted the 
cornice. From the same temple. 
No. 40. Another tile used for the same purpose, but on the point 
of the rido-e. From the same temple. 
No. 41? Large fragment of a bas-relief, No. 166, belongs to the 
Elgin collection : it represents Hercules preparing to strike Diomed, 
king of Thrace, whom he has already knocked down, and is holding by 
the hair of his head. . . , . . . j i 
No. 41*. Painted tile. From Aegium, in Achaia. Presented by 
Colonel Leake , 1838. , , A 
No. 42. Small statue of Hercules, wanting the head, arms, and 
feet ; the paws of the lion’s skin, and part of a child, probably 
Telephus, are seen below. From the coast of Laconia. Presented 
by Colonel L^eake, 1838. . , , , « ' « , 
No. 43. Draped female statue, wanting the head. From Sparta. 
Presented by Colonel Leake , 1838. . 
No. 44. Hermaic stele of Demeter ; dedicated by Cheionis. 
From Mantinea, in Arcadia. Presented by Colonel Leake , 1838. 
No. 45. Torso of a naked statue of Apollo. From Luku, proba- 
bly the ancient Thyrea, in the Peloponnese. Presented by Colonel 
Leake , 1838. . , j. 
At the sides of the Saloon, over the Phigalian frieze, are two pedi- 
ments, of precisely the same form and dimensions as those which deco- 
rated the eastern and western ends of the Temple of Jupiter Panhelle- 
nius, in the island of ^gina. The ruins of this temple were visited m 
1811 by Mr Cockerell and other gentlemen, and extensive and caretul 
excavations were carried on, by which all the members and details ot 
the cornice and mouldings have been ascertained; and the minute and 
accurate measurements then made have been the authorities from which 
these imitations have been constructed. The greater part of the statues 
which adorned these pediments were at the same time discovered, and 
every circumstance illustrative of their original position, with relation to 
the architecture of the temple, was noted with as much accuracy as the 
case would admit. From the notes then made, and from long and 
careful study of the sculptures themselves, and the space which they 
occupied, Mr. Cockerell composed the groups very much m the mode 
in which they are now exhibited. From the violence with which the 
temple had been destroyed, probably by an earthquake, all the statues 
had been in some degree mutilated, and some so entirely destroyed that 
it was in vain to attempt their restoration. Those which were capable 
