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the Erichthonian serpent, are preserved in the collection. 
See Nos. 101, 256, and 104. (75.) 
No. 103. The upper part of the torso of Neptune, one 
of the principal figures in the west pediment. (64.) 
No. 104. See No. 102. (271.) 
No. 105. The torso of Victoria Apteros, or Victory 
without Wings, who was represented in this manner by 
the Athenians to intimate that they held her gifts in per¬ 
petuity, and that she could not desert them. This goddess 
was represented driving the car of Minerva, on the west 
pediment; the car approached Minerva, as if to receive her 
into it, after her successful contest with Neptune. (69.) 
No. 106. A fragment of a group which originally con¬ 
sisted of Latona with her two children, Apollo and Diana. 
This group was placed on the right side of the west pedi¬ 
ment. All that remains in the fragment before us, is the 
lap of Latona, with a small portion of the figure of the in¬ 
fant Apollo. (73.) 
No. 107. The celebrated Sigean inscription, first pub¬ 
lished by Chishull, in his “ Antiquitates Asiatics,” and 
afterwards more correctly by Chandler in his “Inscrip¬ 
tions Antiquae.” It is written in the most ancient Greek 
characters, and in the bustrophedon manner, that is to say, 
the lines follow each other in the same direction as the ox 
passes from one furrow to another in ploughing. The pur¬ 
port of the inscription is to record the presentation of three 
vessels, namely, a cup, a saucer or stand, and a strainer, 
for the use of the Prytaneum, or hall of justice, of the 
Sigeans. The name of the donor was Phanodicus, the son 
of Hermocrates, and a native of Proconnesus. (199.) 
No. 108. A piece of the ceiling of the temple of Erech- 
theus at Athens. (299.) 
No. 109. The lower part of a female statue covered 
with drapery. (299*.) 
No. 110. A piece of the shaft of an Ionic column, be¬ 
longing to the temple of Erechtheus at Athens. (312.) 
No. 111. A colossal statue of Bacchus, from the 
choragic monument of Thrasyllus, at Athens. It is a 
sitting figure covered with the skin of a lion, and with a 
broad belt round the waist; it was originally placed on 
the summit of the edifice, at a height rather exceeding 
twenty-seven feet. (205.) 
