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which, with the exception of the Theseus, is the finest in the 
collection, occupied the left angle of the west pediment. ( 70 .) 
No. 100. The torso of a male figure, supposed to be 
that of Cecrops, the founder of Athens. (70.) 
No. 101. The upper part of the head of Minerva. (See 
the following No.) This head was originally covered with 
a bronze helmet, as appears from the holes by which it 
was fastened to the marble: and the sockets of the eyes, 
which were originally filled with metal or coloured stones, 
are now hollow. (118.) 
No. 102. A fragment of the statue of Minerva, one of ! 
the principal figures in the west pediment, and of nearly I 
the same proportions as the torso of Neptune, from the same j 
pediment. (No. 103.) This fragment consists of a portion 
only of the chest of the goddess, which is covered, as usual, i 
with the segis. The angles of the aegis appear to have 
been ornamented with bronze serpents, and the centre of i 
it to have been studded with the head of Medusa, of the j 
same metal; the holes in which these ornaments were i 
fastened to the marble are plainly visible. The upper 
part of the head of this statue, the feet, and a portion of I 
the Erichthonian serpent, are preserved in the collection, j 
See Nos. 101, 256, and 104. (75.) 
No. 103. The upper part of the torso of Neptune, one ji 
of the principal figures in the west pediment. (64.) 
No. 104. See No. 102. (271.) 
No. 105. The torso of Victoria Apteros, or Victory I 
without Wings, w T ho was represented in this manner by I 
the Athenians to intimate that they held her gifts in per- i 
petuity, and that she could not desert them. This goddess i 
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- i 
sisted of Latona with her two children, Apollo and Diana. I 
This group was placed on the right side of the west pedi- j 
ment. All that remains in the fragment before us, is the 
lap of Latona, with a small portion of the figure of the in- i 
fant Apollo. (73.) 
No. 107. The celebrated Sigean inscription, first pub¬ 
lished by Chishull, in his “ Antiquitates Asiaticse,” and 
afterwards more correctly by Chandler in his ie Inscrip- j 
