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since heard that there is an inscription below the chap. 
V. 
feet of the figure, but we were never able to s^ 
procure a copy of it: this, if faithfully transcribed, 
so as to exhibit a fac-simile of the characters, 
might enable us to determine the age of the 
workmanship; but we have no hesitation in 
saying, without having seen the inscription, that 
it will be found to belong to that period of the 
art of sculpture in Greece, alluded to by Quin- 
TiLiAN, when a resemblance to the style of the 
Etruscans characterized the works of the Grecian 
artists \ This is further denoted by the great 
length of the body and limbs, and a certain 
simplicity in the manner of the execution, easier 
to recognise than to describe. There is a cavity 
in the head of the figure, as if a gem, or a piece 
of metal, had been originally introduced into 
that part of the sculpture. The peasants relate 
that they found this has-relief in the river, near 
to the spot where it is now placed. It was 
probably intended to close the entrance to some 
sepulchre. 
(4) " Duriora, et Thuscanicis proxima Calon, atque Egesias, jam minus 
rigida Calamis, molliora adhuc supra dictis Myron fecit." Qutnttlian. 
Institut. Drat. lib. xii. c. 10. See also Winkelmann, Histoire de VArt 
chez Ics Anciens, torn. I. p. 313. a Paris, An Ude la Ripubliq-ue. 
