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ally consisted of Latona with her two children, 
Apollo and Diana. This group was placed on 
the right side of the west pediment of the 
Parthenon. All that remains in the fragment 
before us, is the lap of Latona, with a small por¬ 
tion of the figure of the infant Apollo. 
No. 74. A statue of Iris, one of the daughters 
of Oceanus, and the messenger of the celestial 
deities, particularly of Juno. It is from the east 
pediment of the Parthenon. Iris is represented 
in quick motion, with her veil inflated and flut¬ 
tering behind her; and she appears evidently 
in haste to execute the mission on which she is 
sent, that of communicating to the distant re¬ 
gions of the earth the important intelligence of 
the birth of Minerva. 
No. 75. A fragment of the statue of Minerva, 
one of the principal figures in the west pediment 
of the Parthenon, and of nearly the same pro¬ 
portions as the torso of Neptune, from the same 
pediment (No. 64). This fragment consists of a 
portion only of the chest of the goddess, which 
is covered, as usual, with the aegis. The angles 
of the aegis appear to have been ornamented with 
bronze serpents, and the centre of it to have 
been studded with the head of Medusa, of the 
same metal; the holes in which these ornaments 
were fastened to the marble are plainly visible. 
The upper part of the head of this statue is still 
preserved in the collection. (See No. 118.) 
No. 76. 
ROOM XV. 
Antiquities 
