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these fragments are the remnant were drawn by Carrey.
The figures as he draws them, appear to he elderly
men, eighteen in number, and resembling in attire and
general character the Thallophori who have been already
noticed on the Northern frieze. All are clad in the himation.
Michaelis thinks that No. 72 holds in his left hand a small
object shaped like a clarionet, but he appears to have
mistaken the right arm of No. 73 hanging down for this
object. Between these supposed ThaMophori and the
victims Carrey inserts three figures, two of whom hold in
their left hands some object like a square tablet, which
may be the bottom of a lyre, as this is the place in the
procession where the musicians might be expected, if the
arrangement on this side corresponded with that on the
North side. The fragment No. 79* representing the upper
part of a Shapjhephoros carrying a tray must also belong to
this part of the frieze, and is therefore here inserted. It
is cast from the original at Athens, which was not known
to Michaelis.
Next in the procession come the chariots, of which five
only have been preserved. In Carrey's drawing are
eight, of which three have been identified by Michaelis
with the subjects of extant slabs. Originally there
must have been not less than nine chariot groups. In
each the charioteer is accompanied by an armed warrior,
but here the armed figure is not like the apobates of the
northern frieze in the act of stepping into the chariot in
motion, but stands either in the quadriga or by its side.
Therefore Michaelis supposes that the chariots on the
North frieze have reference to that contest said to have
been instituted by Erichthonios, in which armed apobatce
took a part, leaping off and on to the quadriga during the
race. The chariots in the South frieze he supposes to
represent the harmata polemisteria in which an armed
hoplites stood in the chariot by the side of the charioteer in
these fragments are the remnant were drawn by Carrey.
The figures as he draws them, appear to he elderly
men, eighteen in number, and resembling in attire and
general character the Thallophori who have been already
noticed on the Northern frieze. All are clad in the himation.
Michaelis thinks that No. 72 holds in his left hand a small
object shaped like a clarionet, but he appears to have
mistaken the right arm of No. 73 hanging down for this
object. Between these supposed ThaMophori and the
victims Carrey inserts three figures, two of whom hold in
their left hands some object like a square tablet, which
may be the bottom of a lyre, as this is the place in the
procession where the musicians might be expected, if the
arrangement on this side corresponded with that on the
North side. The fragment No. 79* representing the upper
part of a Shapjhephoros carrying a tray must also belong to
this part of the frieze, and is therefore here inserted. It
is cast from the original at Athens, which was not known
to Michaelis.
Next in the procession come the chariots, of which five
only have been preserved. In Carrey's drawing are
eight, of which three have been identified by Michaelis
with the subjects of extant slabs. Originally there
must have been not less than nine chariot groups. In
each the charioteer is accompanied by an armed warrior,
but here the armed figure is not like the apobates of the
northern frieze in the act of stepping into the chariot in
motion, but stands either in the quadriga or by its side.
Therefore Michaelis supposes that the chariots on the
North frieze have reference to that contest said to have
been instituted by Erichthonios, in which armed apobatce
took a part, leaping off and on to the quadriga during the
race. The chariots in the South frieze he supposes to
represent the harmata polemisteria in which an armed
hoplites stood in the chariot by the side of the charioteer in