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dition seems rather tame. (Mus. Marbles, vii. pi. 11 ;
Michaelis, pi. 4, xxix.)

(15.) This metope, the 30th in the series, much re-
sembles No. 7, both in composition and in Style. The
Lapith has fallen with his left knee bent under him; his
left arm rests on a stone, which he grasps in his left hand.
His right hand, which is disarmed, presses feebly against
the left side of the Centaur, who presses his left hand
heavily on the head of his antagonist, and his left fore-
foot on his right thigh, drawing back his right arm to deal
him a deadly blow. The countenance of the Lapith
expresses bodily pain, as if he had just been half stunned
by a blow on the head. His bent knee does not touch the
ground, and his general position indicates the effort to
spring to his feet again, but the action of the Centaur
deprives him of all chance of recovering his erect position.
A lion's skin floats in the air at the back of the Centaur.
A chlamys hangs from the right arm of the Lapith, and
passes behind his back. The treatment of both the heads
is a little austere, but the bodies are well modelled, and
the composition is finely conceived. The figure of the
Lapith has sustained hardly any injury except on the
bridge of the nose. The right arm of the Centaur from
above the elbow, his right hindleg from above the hough,
his right foreleg from above the knee, are wanting, as was
the case when Carrey drew this metope. There are on
this metope some remains of the bead and reel moulding
on the upper margin. (Mus. Marbles, vii. pi. 12 ; Michaelis,
pi. 4, xxx.)

(16) In this metope, the 31st of the original series, the
Centaur seems to have the advantage. The Lapith has,
with his right hand, seized him by the hair, pressing his
right knee on the Centaur's breast; his left arm is
drawn back, and has been slightly bent at the elbow.
The Centaur, rearing up, grasps his antagonist by the