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that already described of the same material, and found near the same 
place. 
In the centre of the Room stands a magnificent marble Tazza or 
vase of very large dimensions, the height being 4 feet 34 inches, and 
the diameter of the cup 3 feet 7 inches. It stands upon ~a single stem, 
and has handles very curiously formed of swans’ necks and heads grace¬ 
fully intertwined. It was brought to England in 1825. Presented by 
Lord Western , 1839. 
A pedestal on which, as appears from the inscription, was a statue of 
Peraia, daughter of Apollonius, son of Hermogenes, erected bv her 
son Socrates. 
On this pedestal is a statue in white marble representing the youth¬ 
ful Bacchus or a Faun, found at Antium. 
Pedestal of calcareous stone, on which has apparently been placed 
the statue of Apollonius, son of Hermogenes, and father of Peraia, the 
mother of Socrates; erected to him by the same Socrates. 
On this pedestal is a bronze statue, the size of life, found at Zifteh, 
supposed to represent Eros Apteros; the eyes are inlaid with silver and 
the nipples with copper. It is composed of nine pieces hammered to¬ 
gether. Purchased in 1840. 
PHIGALIAN SALOON. 
Nos. 1—23. Bas-reliefs, representing the battle of the Centaurs and 
Lapithse, and the comba Ibetween the Greeks and Amazons ; they were 
found in the ruins of the temple of Apollo Epicurius (or the deliverer) 
built on Mount Cotylion, at a little distance from the ancient city of 
Phigalia in Arcadia. These bas-reliefs composed the frieze in the 
interior of the Celia. The battle of the Centaurs and Lapithse is sculp¬ 
tured on eleven slabs of marble (1—11). That of the Greeks and 
Amazons occupies twelve (12—23). The direction of the slabs be¬ 
longing to the former subject was from right to left; that of the latter 
from left to right. 
A circumstance which adds very much to the interest of these mar¬ 
bles is our knowledge of the precise time when they were executed; 
for Pausanias, in his description of this temple, informs us that it was 
built by Ictinus, an architect contemporary with Pericles, and who 
built the Parthenon at Athens. These marbles are all engraved and 
more fully described in the fourth part of the description of the Mu¬ 
seum Marbles. 
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 pe¬ 
diments, and formed the superior moulding. From the same temple. 
Nos. 28—38. Fragments of the Metopes, found in the porticos of 
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. 
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