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 THE PARTHENON AND ITS SCULPTURES. 129 centre, the third forward to the Selene. A small point of restora- tion can be made out with certainty in regard to the middle figure. Working from the marbles, I observed that over the right shoulder there is a tiny remnant of the under side of a piece of the mantle which rose above it. This could only mean that it was supported by the right hand bent over near the shoulder. From the indications the accompanying restoration was made (Fig. 129), and afterwards, turning to the Museum Catalogue, I found the following : " The right arm, according to Carrey's drawing, was bent towards the right shoulder, as if the action had been that of drawing up the edge of the mantle from behind the shoulder with the right hand." It may be, of course, that the slight indication of the under side of the mantle has been ob- served before, but in any case the after-confirmation of Carrey's sketch forms good proof On the left shoulder the mantle passes under the reclining head of the third figure ; it falls down the back, and is gathered in big folds across the right thigh and over the lap. After J had made my restoration, I found a parallel treat- ment of this action, and that an interesting one. A statue in the Louvre, which has been identified by Furtwangler as a copy of the Venus in the Gardens, by Alkamenes, the pupil of Phidias, follows it so closely that the derivation must be direct.* In some respects it appears as if one of the Fates had risen erect. Of Fig. 128. — E. Pediment : Restoration of Figure (Ilithyia ?). characteristic detail is the fluted selvage to the garment which appears on the pediment sculptures and on the frieze. Reinach assigns it to Kallimachos.
 * See Fig. 129. The Louvre Venus is distinctly of Phidian type ; one