British Museum <London> / Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities [Editor]: The sculptures of the Parthenon: Elgin room (Band 1) (London, 1880)

foreleg on the left thigh of the Lapith. From Carrey's
drawing, taken when this metope was nearly complete, we
learn what the action was. He represents tho Centaur
tending over the kneeling Lapith, and raising his right
hand to strike a deadly blow at his antagonist, who looks
up with his head thrown back, and stretching out his left
arm towards the breast of the Centaur. The right arm of
the Lapith, his left foot, and the left hindleg of the
Centaur from above the hough, are wanting in Carrey's
drawing, as at present. A chlamys hangs down from the
left arm of the Lapith. His right hand must have been
raised. The right hindfoot of the Centaur rests on a
rock. (Mus. Marbles, vii. pi. 6 ; Michaelis, pi. 3, viii.)

(8) In this metope the Centaur has again the
advantage. The Lapith is thrown down over a large wine
vessel, pithos ; the Centaur has grasped his left leg with
his left hand, rolling him back on the jar. The Lapith
seizes his antagonist by the beard with his left hand,
while his right arm, now broken off, has been vainly
extended behind him, seeking some fulcrum to support his
body. The right thigh of this figure, the head and part
of the right arm of the Centaur are casts from three
fragments at Athens. Carrey's drawing does not show
any part of the right arm of the Centaur, but gives his
left arm and side, now broken away, as well as his head.
The head and right arm and hand of the Lapith are also
shown in his drawing, but not the portion of right thigh
which has been recently added. The wine vessel in this
metope, and the Jiydria in No. 3, indicate the feast as the
scene of the contest. (Mus. Marbles, vii. pi. 4 ; Michaelis,
pi. 3, ix.)

(9) This metope is a cast from the one removed by
Choiseul GoufBer when French ambassador at the Porte
during the embassy of Lord Elgin. The group represents
a Centaur carrying off a Lapith wife or maiden. The