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but then, as now, the foi'eand hind right legs were muti-
lated. (Mus. Marbles, vii. pi. 14; Michaelis, pi. 4, xxxii.)
Of the thirty-two metopes which originally adorned
the North side of the Parthenon, only twelve (i.-iii. and
xxiv.-xxxii. of Michaelis, pi. 4) remain in their original
position, and three of these (ii. xxvi. xxx. ibid.) are so
defaced that their subjects cannot be made out. In the
explosion of 1687, twenty metopes (iv.-xxiii. ibid.) were
destroyed, all but a few fragments. The subjects of the
metopes which have perished, may have been (iv.-xxii.)
the combats of Centaurs and Lapiths. Michaelis supposes
xxiv. xxv. to represent a scene from the taking of Troy.
(18) The only metope from the North side, of which a
cast is exhibited in the British Museum, is the last of the
series, at the north-west angle of the temple. It repre-
sents a draped female figure seated on a rock, towards
whom advances from the left another draped female
figure, extending forward her left hand muffled in
drapery. Both figures wear talaric chitons, over which fall
diploidia and mantles. The figure advancing wears
sandals. The folds of the drapery are very rich and
abundant. (Michaelis, pi. 4, xxxii.)
On the Western front of the Parthenon all the fourteen
metopes, except vi. and vii., remain in position on the
temple, but their surface has been so much injured, that
their subjects cannot be made out. The best preserved of
these metopes appear to represent a battle of Greeks against
Amazons.
(19) is a cast from the first of this series of metopes,
and represents a figure mounted on a horse, moving to
the right, with the right hand drawn back as if aiming a
spear, and a chlamys flying behind. If the metopes on this
front represented an Amazonomachia, this figure may be
considered as an Amazon. The surface is much damaged.
(Michaelis, pi. 5, i.)
lated. (Mus. Marbles, vii. pi. 14; Michaelis, pi. 4, xxxii.)
Of the thirty-two metopes which originally adorned
the North side of the Parthenon, only twelve (i.-iii. and
xxiv.-xxxii. of Michaelis, pi. 4) remain in their original
position, and three of these (ii. xxvi. xxx. ibid.) are so
defaced that their subjects cannot be made out. In the
explosion of 1687, twenty metopes (iv.-xxiii. ibid.) were
destroyed, all but a few fragments. The subjects of the
metopes which have perished, may have been (iv.-xxii.)
the combats of Centaurs and Lapiths. Michaelis supposes
xxiv. xxv. to represent a scene from the taking of Troy.
(18) The only metope from the North side, of which a
cast is exhibited in the British Museum, is the last of the
series, at the north-west angle of the temple. It repre-
sents a draped female figure seated on a rock, towards
whom advances from the left another draped female
figure, extending forward her left hand muffled in
drapery. Both figures wear talaric chitons, over which fall
diploidia and mantles. The figure advancing wears
sandals. The folds of the drapery are very rich and
abundant. (Michaelis, pi. 4, xxxii.)
On the Western front of the Parthenon all the fourteen
metopes, except vi. and vii., remain in position on the
temple, but their surface has been so much injured, that
their subjects cannot be made out. The best preserved of
these metopes appear to represent a battle of Greeks against
Amazons.
(19) is a cast from the first of this series of metopes,
and represents a figure mounted on a horse, moving to
the right, with the right hand drawn back as if aiming a
spear, and a chlamys flying behind. If the metopes on this
front represented an Amazonomachia, this figure may be
considered as an Amazon. The surface is much damaged.
(Michaelis, pi. 5, i.)