Title
East frieze of the Parthenon: The giving of the peplos. Zeus with Hera.
Alternative Title
The remaining part of this stone; here the Priestess places a basket on the head of a young Virgin (k), and puts a torch in her hand; another young female figure has a basket already placed on her head, and holds a tablet in her hand; there seems to be something carefully wrapt up in these baskets. The young figures are two Arrephorae, or Canephorae, referred to in page 8, note (b), who, at the close of the Festival, are dismissed from the Acropolis, after having remained there a certain time to work on the Pepulus. In this Plate are three divinities, perhaps Vulcan and Juno sitting, and Iris standing by her. Vulcan the limping God, seems to be distinguished by having one shoe much higher than the other.
Date
1787
Bibliographic Citation
SSTUART, James / REVETT, Nicholas. The Antiquities of Athens measured and delineated by James Stuart F.R.S. and F.S.A. and Nicholas Revett painters and architects, vol. II, London, John Nichols, 1787.
Table Of Contents
14
Area/Place
Greece
Athens
Attica
Subject
Art and antiquities
Collection
Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation Library