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THE PARTHENON AND ITS SCULPTURES. I3S Fig. 135. — Ce- crops : from a Vase. described — " She wears a long chiton, and over it an apoptygma, which has slipped from the left shoulder." In fact, she is dressed in a girded chiton, open on the left side down to the girdle, so that the left shoulder and breast were nude, except for a piece of the drapery which passed over the shoulder, but entirely undercut and relieved from the body. (Fig. 137.) The opening of the garment under the left arm is extended so to uncover the side, and the edges are turned over as if it were violently blown aside by a wind, and that this is the thought is proved by a similar detail in the wind-blown garments of one of the Xanthus Nereids, although even there the tunic is not blown clear of the surface of the body. Over the right thigh a piece of a mantle appears in front ; this must at the back have passed to the left shoulder and then have formed a support to the extended left arm, like the drapery of the Demeter(?) of the east gable is treated. See Fig. 138 ; B is the mantle below, C and D show its completion above, restored. The heads of Cecrops and his wife remained intact until about a century ago. The group was drawn beautifully by Pars in 1765, and a repro- duction of his drawing hangs on the wall. It might be enlarged photographically, and be made the basis of a careful restored drawing. Probably if some of the educational bodies were ap- proached they would give the help of trained students for such a purpose. If we do not attempt such work ourselves, again it will be done for us. About 1802 the "head of the Sabina [the name at the moment of the woman's figure] being very mutilated and having fallen [with help I expect] was brought to Fauvel. On it one L Fig. 136. — Cecrops and Wife : Restoration.