Handbook of archaeology, Egyptian - Greek - Etruscan - Roman . more happily, by the joining of the belly and breast of a horse tothe upper part of a human body, the forms of whose countenance,pointed ears, and bristly hair betray an affinity to the satyr. Statues:— Borghese Centaur with Eros on its back, , with names of sculptors, Aristeas and Paphias,Capitol. Bas-Keliefs :— Metopes of the Marbles. MYTHOLOGY OF SCULPTURE. 189 Ekos.—Cupid. At first Eros was represented in temple statues as a boy ofdeveloped beauty and tender grace of mien, and this mode of re
Handbook of archaeology, Egyptian - Greek - Etruscan - Roman . more happily, by the joining of the belly and breast of a horse tothe upper part of a human body, the forms of whose countenance,pointed ears, and bristly hair betray an affinity to the satyr. Statues:— Borghese Centaur with Eros on its back, , with names of sculptors, Aristeas and Paphias,Capitol. Bas-Keliefs :— Metopes of the Marbles. MYTHOLOGY OF SCULPTURE. 189 Ekos.—Cupid. At first Eros was represented in temple statues as a boy ofdeveloped beauty and tender grace of mien, and this mode of repre-sentation prevails throughout in the different statues of the god still. CUPID. extant. A later art, however, after the time of Alexander, whichwas allied to the toying poetry of the Anacreontica, preferredthe childish form for such purposes. In the imitations of the famousstatue of Praxiteles, he is represented as a slender, undeveloped 190 HANDBOOK OF ARCHAEOLOGY. boy, full of liveliness dnd activity, earnestly endeavouring to fastenthe strings to his bow. He is also frequently represented withPsyche. Statues:— Copies of the Cupid of Praxiteles, Vatican, Capitol, British Museum, Louvre, Villa and Psyche, Florentine Gallery. Hermaphroditus. Hermaphroditus was a favourite subject of later art, being anartistic creation of fanc}T. He combines the form of the female sex,with the characteristics of the male. He is usually representedreclining in gentle slumber on a couch, or fanned while asleep bycnpids. Statues:— Florentine Borghese. Psyche. Pysche, as the soul, appears as a virgin with butterfly wings. Ata later period, after
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