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 2io HISTORY OF ART IN PHCENICIA AND ITS DEPENDENCIES. movements of their horses ; look for instance at the heads of the two ridden chargers in Fig. 1 39 ; one is carried high, while the other droops towards the ground ; draperies, especially the Greek- looking costumes of the foot-soldiers who bring up the rear in Fig. 140, are skilfully cast. On the other hand the divine types, which are repeated four times on each of the smaller faces, have nothing Hellenic about them ; they are transferred bodily from the Phoe- nician pantheon. In one panel we find the Eastern Aphrodite ; a naked goddess wearing several rich necklaces, and supporting her breasts with her hands (Fig. 141), exactly like those we have FIG. 141. Sarcophagus from Amathus. First short side. already so often encountered both in the Phoenician colonies (Fig. 15), and in Cyprus (Figs. 45, 103, 104). At the other end we find another familiar deity (Vol. I. Figs. 21, 22, 41 ; and above, Figs. 3, n, 18, 19, 20), the pygmy god, or Bes, with his wide grimacing face, his feather crown, his large beard, his short petticoat and thickset limbs (Fig. 142), a type which may have lent some of its features to the compilation of the Greek Hercules. Even in the processions on the long sides, there are details to remind us of the local habits and fashions of the East. The conical caps of the two horsemen remind us of those worn by many Cypriot statues, while the parasol which casts its shadow over the occupant of the first chariot is a symbol of Asiatic royalty ; finally, the chariot