ROOM OF THEMIS. Right wall, 231. Colossal statue of _Themis_ (about
300 B. C.).—Two marble statues found in 1900–1 among others at the
bottom of the sea in the strait of Kythera: one, by the wall of
entrance, a wrestler, about to kneel (Hellenistic style); the other,
in the right corner, figure of a youth, coated with shells.
ROOM OF POSEIDON (Hellenistic and Roman periods). By the entrance,
235. Colossal figure of _Poseidon_.—In the centre, 261. _Maenad_
asleep.—By the left wall, 239. _Satyr_, from Lamia; 240. _Hermes of
Atalante_; 244. _Youth_, from Eretria (head recalling the Hermes of
Praxiteles); 234. Colossal head of _Athena_; 243. _Hermes with the
Ram_; 262. _Aphrodite_, with transparent drapery.—To the right of the
exit, *247. _Celtic Warrior_, fallen in battle, recalling the
Pergamenian groups.—Right side, 1826. Copy of the _Diadumenos_ of
Polykleitos; 252, 251. Statuettes of Pan; 257. Silenos, with the young
Dionysos on his left shoulder; 258. Æsculapius.
ROOM OF THE KOSMETÆ. To the left of the entrance, 249. Hadrian; right,
420. Head with long hair and Semitic features (recalling heads of
Christ).—Near the exit, 417, 418. Antinous.—Near the left wall,
384–416. Hermæ and heads of _Kosmetae_ (officials of the Ephebic
gymnasia of Athens), of the early centuries A. D.—_Mosaic_ from the
Piræus.
THREE ROOMS OF TOMB RELIEFS, chiefly of the golden age of Greek
art.—ROOM OF TOMB VASES, massive marble vases of the Greek ages,
mostly tall slender lekythi (for perfumes) and amphoræ.—ROOM OF THE
SARCOPHAGI and of sepulchral decorations of the Greek and Roman ages.
To the left is the annex containing the =Bronzes=.
I. BRONZE ROOM. In the centre, 13,396. _Statue of a Youth_, over
life-size, stretching out his right hand, a good work of the 4th
cent., (reconstructed); this is the finest of the sculptures found in
the strait of Kythera.—To the right of the entrance, _Archaic Bronzes
from the Acropolis_, votive offerings, implements, and utensils,
mostly found in the rubbish left by the Persians (p. 506); the finest
are Nos. 6447, 6448. Statuettes of Athena, 6445. Statuette of a youth;
6446. Bearded head, with eyes inserted.—To the left, _Bronzes from
Olympia_, primitive and archaic little figures of animals and men,
weapons, and implements; on columns, 6439. Realistic head of an
athlete (Hellenistic), 7474. Statuette of a youth.
II. BRONZE ROOM, containing bronze _Figurines, Statuettes, Implements,
and Utensils_ (vases, lamps, mirrors, helmets, strigils, bracelets,
rings, brooches, surgical instruments).—To the left of the entrance of
the next room, 11,761. _Statue of Poseidon_ (early 5th cent.).
III. BRONZE ROOM (rotunda) contains the other bronzes found in the
strait of Kythera (comp. R. I). To the right of the entrance, 13,399.
Figure of a youth, in the style of the older Argive school, still on
its old pedestal; 13,397 and 13,398. Statuettes of youths; 13,400.
Hellenistic head.
We return to the Sarcophagus Room and pass to the left through the
ROOM OF THE ROMAN TOMB RELIEFS to the—
ROOM OF THE VOTIVE RELIEFS. By the entrance wall and on the left are
votive reliefs from the _Asklepieion_ (p. 511). The most elaborately
executed is No. 1377, near the middle of the left wall (4th cent.);
adjacent is No. 2565, in the form of a stele.—The KARAPANOS ROOM is
chiefly devoted to relics from the Zeus oracle at Dodona.
On the S. side of the museum is the =Collection of Vases=. The finest
are mostly from Attica, the chief seat of the vase-painting of the
6–4th cent., such as the _Black-figured Vases_, with their
silhouette-like figures painted in black (6th cent.; ROOM I, cabinets
13–23); the _Red-figured Vases_, vessels entirely covered with a black
glaze, the figures alone, on their original red ground, remaining free
(after middle of 6th cent.; ROOM II); and the _Lekythi_, slender
vessels for perfumes, with coloured figures on a white ground (after
the Persian wars; ROOM III, cabinets 41–50).
Adjacent are three front-rooms containing the =Terracottas=, including
fine sets of figurines of the best period (5–4th cent.). In the last
room are exhibited also antique trinkets and vessels.
f. Walks.
The ascent of =Lykabettós= (909 ft.), the finely shaped hill to the N.E.
of Athens, is specially attractive by early morning or late evening
light. We diverge to the N. from the Rue de Képhisia at the end of the
palace-garden (Pl. G, 5), cross the Kolonáki Square (Pl. G, H, 5), and
in 6 min. reach the reservoir of the _Water Conduit_ of Hadrian, now
utilized anew (Pl. H, 4; 445 ft.), where there is a small café
commanding a fine view. Hence we proceed to the Lukianos Street, from
the N. end of which an easy path ascends through young plantations.
After the first zigzags a level path (Pl. H, 3) diverging to the left
affords almost finer views than the top of the hill. The path straight
on ascends to the _Georgios Chapel_ (Pl. H, 3) on the summit in ½ hr.
more.
The view embraces the city of Athens, with the Acropolis and the Attic
plain, the Piræus, the bay of Phaleron, and the Saronic Gulf, with
Ægina and Salamis and the distant mountains of Argolis; to the right
of Salamis are the hills of Corinth and Megara; in the foreground,
concealing the bay of Eleusis, rises Mt. Ægaleos; farther to the N. is
Mt. Parnes. Between the latter and Pentelikon, which rises to the
N.E., extends the upper plain of Attica. To the E. is Mt. Hymettos.
A fine view of Athens and the Acropolis is obtained also from the
=Kolōnós= hill, the legendary home of Sophocles. From the Place de la
Concorde (Pl. D, 2, 3) we follow the tramway to _Kolokythu_ (comp. Pl.
A, 1) and reach the hill in ½ hr.; it rises to the right of the road and
is recognized by the conspicuous monuments of the antiquarians Otfried
Müller (d. 1840) and Chas. Lenormant (d. 1859). Adjacent lay the
AKADEMEIA, the grove where Plato taught.
The most popular resort on fine summer evenings is =New Pháleron=
(tramway and Piræus railway, see p. 503), on the bay of Phaleron. A band
plays in the evening on the broad coast-terrace, with its cafés and
bath-houses (bath 40 l.).—A branch of the tramway runs to the quieter
sea-baths of OLD PHALERON (comp. p. 503).—The _Piraeus_, see p. 494.
[Illustration: ATHENES]