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shoulder of the Lapith, draws "back a little from the "blow
with which he is menaced. The action of both figures
is rather tame, and the victory undecided. An ample
chlamys is shown falling at the back of the Lapith. Part
of the right hindleg of the Centaur has heen added in
plaster from the marble fragment now at Athens. (Mus.
Marbles, vii. pi. 15 ; Michaelis, pi. 3, vi.)
(6) In this metope the Lapith presses forward, advancing
his left hand to seize the rearing Centaur by the throat,
and forcing him on his haunches; the right arm of the
Lapith is drawn back, as if about to strike ; his right hand,
now wanting, probably held a sword; an ample mantle
fastened on the right shoulder falls over the left arm, like
a shield, and flies back behind. The Centaur, rearing up
against his antagonist, draws back his body; the action
of his left arm shows that he is trying in vain to loosen
the grasp of the Lapith; his left hand, given in Carrey's
drawing, but now wanting, grasps the left hand of the
Lapith. The head of the Centaur is a cast from the
original at Athens. This head, the position of which was
not ascertained by Michaelis, is engraved in his work,
pi. 4, fig. K. From the shoulders of the Centaur hangs a
small chlamys, of which the folds, flying behind, show the
violence and swiftness of the action by which he has
been forced back. Carrey's drawing gives the head of
the Lapith, his right thigh and leg, his left foot, the
left hindleg of the Centaur from below the hough, all
which parts are now missing. Even in its present muti-
lated state, this is, perhaps, the finest of all the metopes
in the Museum. The action is most spirited, and the
modelling very thorough and masterly. (Mus. Marbles,
vii. pi. 3 ; Michaelis, pi. 3, vii.)
(7) In this metope the Lapith is kneeling on his right
knee. The Centaur, the human portion of whose body is
broken away, presses down his antagonist, resting his left
shoulder of the Lapith, draws "back a little from the "blow
with which he is menaced. The action of both figures
is rather tame, and the victory undecided. An ample
chlamys is shown falling at the back of the Lapith. Part
of the right hindleg of the Centaur has heen added in
plaster from the marble fragment now at Athens. (Mus.
Marbles, vii. pi. 15 ; Michaelis, pi. 3, vi.)
(6) In this metope the Lapith presses forward, advancing
his left hand to seize the rearing Centaur by the throat,
and forcing him on his haunches; the right arm of the
Lapith is drawn back, as if about to strike ; his right hand,
now wanting, probably held a sword; an ample mantle
fastened on the right shoulder falls over the left arm, like
a shield, and flies back behind. The Centaur, rearing up
against his antagonist, draws back his body; the action
of his left arm shows that he is trying in vain to loosen
the grasp of the Lapith; his left hand, given in Carrey's
drawing, but now wanting, grasps the left hand of the
Lapith. The head of the Centaur is a cast from the
original at Athens. This head, the position of which was
not ascertained by Michaelis, is engraved in his work,
pi. 4, fig. K. From the shoulders of the Centaur hangs a
small chlamys, of which the folds, flying behind, show the
violence and swiftness of the action by which he has
been forced back. Carrey's drawing gives the head of
the Lapith, his right thigh and leg, his left foot, the
left hindleg of the Centaur from below the hough, all
which parts are now missing. Even in its present muti-
lated state, this is, perhaps, the finest of all the metopes
in the Museum. The action is most spirited, and the
modelling very thorough and masterly. (Mus. Marbles,
vii. pi. 3 ; Michaelis, pi. 3, vii.)
(7) In this metope the Lapith is kneeling on his right
knee. The Centaur, the human portion of whose body is
broken away, presses down his antagonist, resting his left