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 InoLS. 193 ing down behind, and which she is re-arranging about her. The head-gear, however, is identical in the three figures. Finally, a fragment shows us a third type which must have borne a different name and meaning from the above ; it represents the upper part of a woman strongly relieved against two huge wings (Fig. 343). We know from the frescoes at Tiryns what part winged figures played in the decoration of the palace;^ if those figures are entirely obliterated, save the wings' plumes, we are aware of their outward look from a terra-cotta. Again, another clay statuette (Fig. 344) helps lis to put a body to ivory wings that have been picked up at Mycena:. A fourth type, Inss easily defined, is perhaps represented by a bronze figure which we engrave full face (Fig. 345) and sideways {Fig. 346).'' Its origin is doubtful, but it is said to have been found in the Troad. The workmanship is far superior to that of the marble and terra-cotta idols. The features of the face are indicated in a very summary fashion ; but the arms and bust exhibit so marked an advance, that at first sight one is tempted to class it among objects of a more recent dale ; the characteristic arrangement of the costume, however, permits us to place it in the archaic period. Subsequent Greek statuary will never again show us a skirt made up of two or ^ SCHLIEMANN, Tiryfis. - The figure in question was only known from a sketch printed in ihn /a/irime/i. VOL. II. O