Zeus : a study in ancient religion . the Arch. Zeit. 1875 xxxiii. dL pi. i,2, Friederichs—Wolters Gipsabgilsse p. 752 no. 1899, ^- Baumeister in his Detikm. fig. 824, B. Sauer in Roscher Lex. Myth. ii. 900 fig., F. Durrbach in Daremberg—Sagho Diet. Ant. iii. 787 f. fig. 4252, A. Munoz in VArte 1904 vii. 132 ff. fig. 4, O. Byzmitine Art and Archaeology Oxford 1911 p. 158 f. fig. 9r, Reinach R^p. Reliefsiii. 422 no. 3. A further fragment of the relief, found by the architect R. Cattaneo in a masons shop atVenice, was published by him in the drawing here reproduced (R. Cattaneo Va
Zeus : a study in ancient religion . the Arch. Zeit. 1875 xxxiii. dL pi. i,2, Friederichs—Wolters Gipsabgilsse p. 752 no. 1899, ^- Baumeister in his Detikm. fig. 824, B. Sauer in Roscher Lex. Myth. ii. 900 fig., F. Durrbach in Daremberg—Sagho Diet. Ant. iii. 787 f. fig. 4252, A. Munoz in VArte 1904 vii. 132 ff. fig. 4, O. Byzmitine Art and Archaeology Oxford 1911 p. 158 f. fig. 9r, Reinach R^p. Reliefsiii. 422 no. 3. A further fragment of the relief, found by the architect R. Cattaneo in a masons shop atVenice, was published by him in the drawing here reproduced (R. Cattaneo Varchitettura c- n. .55 866 Appendix A the Duomo at Torcello near Venice. The relief, which may be dated c. i loo ,represents Bios as a half-naked youth hastening on winged wheels from right toleft. His left hand, stretched forward, carries the scales; his right, drawn back-ward, brandishes a knife. In front of him stands a young man, who succeeds ingrasping his hair. Behind him stands an old man, who fails in the attempt. To. ^ Fig. 802. the left of the former is Nike with wreath and palm; to the right of the latter isMetanoia in an attitude of despair. Less elaborate is the symbolism of a laterepigram on the same subject by Manuel Philes {c. 1275—c. 1345), who speaks oflife {bios) as a nude youth, with bald head and winged feet, admonishing a frus-trated follower 1. in Italia dal secolo VI al mille circa Venezia 1888 p. 287 fig., trans. Contessa I. Curtis-Cholmeley in Bermani London 1896 p. 334 ff. fig. i65 = my fig. 802) and by A. Munozfrom a photograph (A. Munoz m VArte 1906 ix. 2i4f. fig. 2). The completed design isdiscussed by R. von Schneider Ueber das Kairosrelief in Torcello und ihm verwandteBildwerke in the Serta Harteliana Wien 1896 pp. 279—292 with figs., P. Perdrizet inthe Bull. Corr. Hell. 1912 xxxvi. 264 ff. fig. 2, Lamer in Pauly—Wissowa Real-Enc, x. I5i3f- R. Cattaneo loc. cit. was the first to assign this relief to its right place among thedecorati
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