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the left the sow, standing on her hind legs, rests both
forefeet on the right thigh of Theseus just below his hip.
He advances to the attack from the right, with the right
foot forward. As his right arm j is wanting from the
shoulder, the action of the right hand cannot be ascer-
tained. This arm, however, must have been raised above
his head and may have brandished a club ; his left arm is
bent and concealed by a chlamys, which is fastened on the
right shoulder and hangs down the right side of the body
and at the back. The head, right arm, left leg from
below the hip and right foot from the instep of Theseus
are wanting, also the head and right hind leg of the sow.
Stuart, III., ch. 1, pi. 13. Of these metopes Nos. 2, 3 are engraved.
Mus. Marbles IX., pi. 21; all three in the Mun. d. Inst. Arch. X.r
pi. 44. See Julius, in the Annali d. Inst. Arch. 1877, p. 92,
and 1878, p. 193; Gurlitt, Das Alter der Bildwerke des Theseion.
p. 32, fol.
EAST FRIEZE OF THESEION.
(B. 4.) A group of four combatants : on the right is a
figure stooping forward and pressing down on both knees
an antagonist whose hands are tied behind his back, and
who has evidently been overcome in battle ; his weight is
thrown principally on the right knee; he is naked, his
head, now wanting, was probably turned towards his
assailant on the right, whose arms may have been raised
to strike his vanquished foe on the head with some
weapon, and whose right leg is advanced forward, the foot
raised as if resting on rocky ground behind the kneeling
figure. The left leg and thigh of the attacking figure,
both arms, and his head are wanting ; from the right
shoulder hangs a chlamys. On the left are two warriors ad-
vancing : they both bear Argolic shields on their left arms :
the foremost figure wears a short close-fitting chiton, which
has slipped down from the right shoulder to the girdle,
the left the sow, standing on her hind legs, rests both
forefeet on the right thigh of Theseus just below his hip.
He advances to the attack from the right, with the right
foot forward. As his right arm j is wanting from the
shoulder, the action of the right hand cannot be ascer-
tained. This arm, however, must have been raised above
his head and may have brandished a club ; his left arm is
bent and concealed by a chlamys, which is fastened on the
right shoulder and hangs down the right side of the body
and at the back. The head, right arm, left leg from
below the hip and right foot from the instep of Theseus
are wanting, also the head and right hind leg of the sow.
Stuart, III., ch. 1, pi. 13. Of these metopes Nos. 2, 3 are engraved.
Mus. Marbles IX., pi. 21; all three in the Mun. d. Inst. Arch. X.r
pi. 44. See Julius, in the Annali d. Inst. Arch. 1877, p. 92,
and 1878, p. 193; Gurlitt, Das Alter der Bildwerke des Theseion.
p. 32, fol.
EAST FRIEZE OF THESEION.
(B. 4.) A group of four combatants : on the right is a
figure stooping forward and pressing down on both knees
an antagonist whose hands are tied behind his back, and
who has evidently been overcome in battle ; his weight is
thrown principally on the right knee; he is naked, his
head, now wanting, was probably turned towards his
assailant on the right, whose arms may have been raised
to strike his vanquished foe on the head with some
weapon, and whose right leg is advanced forward, the foot
raised as if resting on rocky ground behind the kneeling
figure. The left leg and thigh of the attacking figure,
both arms, and his head are wanting ; from the right
shoulder hangs a chlamys. On the left are two warriors ad-
vancing : they both bear Argolic shields on their left arms :
the foremost figure wears a short close-fitting chiton, which
has slipped down from the right shoulder to the girdle,