Ein Deutungsversuch des Westgiebels des Parthenons
An attempt to interpret the west pediment of the Parthenon

Summary/Abstract: In the 2nd century AD, Pausanias saw and described, among other things, the gold-ivory statues of Poseidon, Leucothea and Palaimon in Isthmia: "The statues that stand in the interior of the temple were donated today by the Athenian Herod ... Amphitrite and Poseidon stand on the wagon, the upright boy riding a dolphin is Palaimon. ... In the sacred precinct, on the left is the shrine of the Palaimon, in which stand the statues of Poseidon, Leucothea, and Palaimon. "The statues erected by Herodes Atticus are of course lost, but so are all the other images representing these sea gods , lost? In any case, the article "Melikertes" in the LIMC does not leave much doubt that among the surviving sculptures of the 5th century BC. Not a single statue of Melikertes can be found.

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