Burrow, Edward John: The Elgin marbles: with an abridged historical and topographical account of Athens (Band 1): Illustrated with forty plates (London, 1817)

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de Tensemble du Parthenon : on peut ce-
pendantdistinguer dans les M6topesTouvrage
de differentes mains, difference que Ton n'ap-
perpoit pas dans les bas-reliefs de la Frise in-
terieure : quoique la plupart portent le cachet
de F6cole, il y en a quelques uns qui ne sont
pas exempts d'un pen de maigreur dans le
travail."

The story which forms the general subject
of the Metopes, at least of those which we
possess,—for several on the south side were not
of the same description,—is similar to that
which was carved by Phidias on the sandals
of the ivory image of Minerva within the
temple : it is the quarrel which arose between
the Centaurs and Lapithse at the marriage
feast of Pirithous.

The Centaurs, exhibiting a monstrous union
of natures, half-men, half-horses, derived
their origin and name, say some mythologists,
from Centaurus the son of Apollo: others tell
us that the people of Thessaly, who first made
use of horses to carry them in driving their
bulls, ntvruv ravgovg, were for this reason de-
nominated Centaurs, aevruv^ovg^ by their neigh-

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