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No. 98. The head of one of the horses belonging to 
the chariot of Night, which was represented plunging 
into the ocean on the right angle of the east pediment, 
that is to say, the right angle in reference to the spec¬ 
tator. The car of Day has been already described, 
(Nos. 91, 92,) as it was represented rising out of the 
waters on the opposite angle of the same pediment. (68.) 
No. 99. A recumbent statue, supposed to be of the 
river-god Ilissus. The Ilissus was a small stream that 
ran along the south side of the plain of Athens. This 
figure, which, with the exception of the Theseus, is the 
finest in the collection, occupied the left angle of the 
w^est pediment. (70.) 
No. 100. The torso of a male figure, supposed to be 
that of Cecrops, the founder of Athens. (76.), 
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 the same proportions as the torso of Neptune, 
from the same pediment (No. 103.) 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, the feet, and a portion of the Erichthonian ser¬ 
pent, 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. 101. See No. 102. (271.) 
No. 105. The torso of Victoria Apteros, or Victory 
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