Second Grï¾µco-Roman Room. By the entrance, 1754. Figure of a youth, perhaps a copy of Polykleitos's Kyniskos (next it is a head of the same type). In the north alcove, 250. Copy of the celebrated (bronze) Diskobolos, or quoit-thrower, of Myron; the head (from another statue) is wrongly set on the shoulders, and should be turned to face the spectator. In the south alcove, opposite, 500. Diadumenos, a copy (from Vaison) of the celebrated original by Polykleitos. To the right of the alcove, 503. Head of Amazon (perhaps a copy of Polykleitos). Flanking the exit, 1603. Head of Hermes (Mercury); 1609. Herm, or terminal figure, of the bearded Dionysos.
Third Grï¾µco-Roman Room. To the right and left of the entrance are two graceful youthful Pans (1666, 1667; signed by the sculptor, M. Cossutius Cerdo, a freedman). North wall (right): 1899. Antinous, Hadrian's favourite slave, wearing the ivy-wreath of Bacchus; 2206, 780. Reliefs of youths and horses; 1677. Cupid sleeping, with the attributes of Hercules (representative of the degradation of taste); 2200. Disk with destruction of the Children of Niobe (copied from a lost original); 1567. Endymion sleeping; 2190. Bearded Dionysos and his train visiting a mortal (Ikarios ?), remarkable as giving the details of a house; 2194. Mï¾µnad; 2191. Relief of the Apotheosis of Homer, signed by Archelaos of Priene; 1769. Ideal head in Asiatic headdress; 1874. Portrait of a woman (the Towneley 'Clytie'). Beyond the doorway, 1608. Herm of the bearded Dionysos. By the west wall: 1599. Hermes (from the Farnese Collection).
South Wall (as we return): 1745. Herm of Satyr with flute; 1636. Dionysos; 1673, 1674. Eros, good specimens of male divine types in degradation; 1755. Marble 'Spinario' ('Boy with the thorn'; damaged), more realistic than the celebrated bronze at Rome; 1753. Erect Diskobolos (torso only antique); 1439. Small column with the goat-legged Pan, the earth-spirit, in high relief; 1720. Mithras. A staircase descends from the west end of this room to two basement rooms.
Grï¾µco-Roman Basement, with miscellaneous sculptures of minor interest (the attendant will turn on the light if required). Reconstructed Etruscan tomb from Bomarzo; 53 (East wall), 54 (South wall), and on the floor, Mosaics. In the middle, Leaden anchor, inscribed 'Zeus Hypatos' (the name of the ship ?).
The Grï¾µco-Roman Annexe, to the north, can be seen only on application to the Keeper of the Greek and Roman Antiquities (on the first floor). It contains minor sculptures, portraits, Etruscan sarcophagi, etc. A large wooden water-wheel, from a Roman copper mine at Rio Tinto, can be easily seen from the east end of the preceding room. On the south side is the Gallery of Casts, containing casts of the more important Greek and Roman sculptures in other museums.
