Cast Gallery catalogue number: A061b
Centaur attacking a Lapith woman at the wedding feast of Peirithoos.
For the head alone see A061a.
- Plaster cast: Height: 2.49m.
- Copy of a marble group.
- The group:
- is from the west pediment of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia.
- was made about 460 BC.
- was found at Olympia and is now in Olympia Museum.
Detailed Record
Commentary Prepared by Dr. Julia Lenaghan, Ashmolean Museum
A 061 B
Right Shoulder of Lapith Woman (O); Olympia West Pediment
Marble (Parian)
Pedimental Figure
H 22 cm; L 28 cm
From the west pediment of the Temple of Zeus.
Greece, Olympia, Olympia Museum
ca. 460 BC; Early Classical
Preservation:Preserved are two joining fragments of the right shoulder. They join break to break with the body.
Description:The fragments show a small section of the Lapith woman’s right shoulder with a part of the upper arm. Several parallel, incised lines indicate the folds of the Ionic chiton.
Discussion:See A 61.
Bibliography:G. Treu,
Die Bildwerke in Stein und Thon (= Olympia III) (Berlin 1895) 77-79; 110-111 figs. 121-122 pls. 26.2; 27.3
This is the thorough original publication providing details on findspot, preservation etc.B. Ashmole and N. Yalouris,
Olympia. The Sculptures of the Temple of Zeus (London 1967) 18; 178 pls. 92; 98-101; 105
A valuable and richly illustrated discussion including new fragments.
