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exactly the attitude of the statue of Naukydes (Fig. 6).1_ Here the 
left hand is stretched out horizontally at the elbow, but the right arm is 
lost, so that we get no additional evidence as to the attribute carried. 
Because of its correspondence with the aforementioned coins? even in 
detail, Bosanquet, followed by Svoronos, looks upon this “little mas- 
terpiece’’ as a copy of the Argive master. 

Fic. 6.—Bronze Statuette of Hermes-Diskobolos, found in the Sea off 
Antikythera. National Museum, Athens. 
1In the National Museum, Athens, no. 13399: Stais, Marb. et Bronz., pp. 353-354 and fig.; Arch. 
Eph., 1902, Pl. 17; Svoronos, Textbd., I, pp. 42-3; Tafelbd., I, Pl. VIII,-no. 1; J. H. S., XXI, 
1901, p. 351 (Bosanquet). This statuette is 0.25 meter in height and the base 0.09 meter 
(Svoronos). 2Svoronos, p. 43, reproduces the coins of Amastris and Philippopolis. 
