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left; both arms have been extended in front of the body.
The action represented was probably the supporting of a
wounded comrade, or the carrying off the body of a dead
enemy. This figure wears a chiton girt at the waist and
reaching a little below the hips ; both legs and the lower
half of both thighs are wanting, also the right arm from
below the elbow, and the left nearly up to the shoulder;
the head, turned to the left, remains, but the features are
entirely defaced; the weight of the body has rested
principally on the right leg ; the remains of the feet show
that the left leg, which is advanced, rested on a higher
level than the right leg. The surface of this figure
generally is in bad condition.
WEST FRIEZE OF THESEION.
(B. 14.) Contest of a Lapith with a Centaur, who is
victorious, and who with both hands heaves a stone above
his head in order to hurl it at his prostrate antagonist.
The Centaur, turned to the left, is rearing on his hind
legs; the Lapith is seated on the ground, his left knee
drawn up ; his left hand, which is muffled in his chlamys, is
raised towards the Centaur, as if to ward off the impending
blow ; his head is upturned, he has supported himself on his
right arm ; the face of this figure is entirely destroyed,
his right arm is wanting from the shoulder, his right knee
and part of the right thigh and leg have suffered much
from decay ; his chlamys is fastened on the right shoulder.
Both forelegs, the left arm, and the tail of the Centaur
are wanting. The left hind leg and the surface of the
body are much injured.
(B. 15.) Nearly in the centre, a group of two Centaurs
rearing up and heaving together a rock wherewith to
crush a Lapith, Kaineus, who has sunk into the ground
between them, and who endeavours to defend himself
PART II. C
left; both arms have been extended in front of the body.
The action represented was probably the supporting of a
wounded comrade, or the carrying off the body of a dead
enemy. This figure wears a chiton girt at the waist and
reaching a little below the hips ; both legs and the lower
half of both thighs are wanting, also the right arm from
below the elbow, and the left nearly up to the shoulder;
the head, turned to the left, remains, but the features are
entirely defaced; the weight of the body has rested
principally on the right leg ; the remains of the feet show
that the left leg, which is advanced, rested on a higher
level than the right leg. The surface of this figure
generally is in bad condition.
WEST FRIEZE OF THESEION.
(B. 14.) Contest of a Lapith with a Centaur, who is
victorious, and who with both hands heaves a stone above
his head in order to hurl it at his prostrate antagonist.
The Centaur, turned to the left, is rearing on his hind
legs; the Lapith is seated on the ground, his left knee
drawn up ; his left hand, which is muffled in his chlamys, is
raised towards the Centaur, as if to ward off the impending
blow ; his head is upturned, he has supported himself on his
right arm ; the face of this figure is entirely destroyed,
his right arm is wanting from the shoulder, his right knee
and part of the right thigh and leg have suffered much
from decay ; his chlamys is fastened on the right shoulder.
Both forelegs, the left arm, and the tail of the Centaur
are wanting. The left hind leg and the surface of the
body are much injured.
(B. 15.) Nearly in the centre, a group of two Centaurs
rearing up and heaving together a rock wherewith to
crush a Lapith, Kaineus, who has sunk into the ground
between them, and who endeavours to defend himself
PART II. C