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and that the two slabs consequently occupied one of the corners of
the frieze.
Length, 4 feet 8| inches.
PLATE XVII.
A Greek (i) who has caught hold of an Amazon, is endeavouring
to drag her off her horse. Another Amazon is defending herself
with a shield, at the same time that her right hand is raised above
her head, in the action of striking a blow; her antagonist must have
been represented in another slab.
Length, 4 feet 4% inches.
1 The upper part of this figure was discovered at the house of a peasant, near the
temple of Apollo Epicurius, by John Spencer Stanhope, Esq., who presented the frag-
ment to the British Museum, March 6, 1816.
PLATE XVIII.
This marble is considerably longer than any other in the frieze, and
contains a proportionably greater number of figures. The princi-
pal figure is a young hero with a lion's skin over the left arm, and
a club in the right hand, with which he is aiming a blow at an
Amazon on horseback. Another Amazon, apparently alarmed
for the safety of her companion, has rushed between the com-
batants, while a Greek who has been trampled upon by the
horse, is raising himself up and drawing his sword from the scab-
bard. On the right of these figures is a third Amazon ; she ap-
pears to have received a death-blow, and her horse has been
killed under her. A Greek who surveys her with mingled pity
and that the two slabs consequently occupied one of the corners of
the frieze.
Length, 4 feet 8| inches.
PLATE XVII.
A Greek (i) who has caught hold of an Amazon, is endeavouring
to drag her off her horse. Another Amazon is defending herself
with a shield, at the same time that her right hand is raised above
her head, in the action of striking a blow; her antagonist must have
been represented in another slab.
Length, 4 feet 4% inches.
1 The upper part of this figure was discovered at the house of a peasant, near the
temple of Apollo Epicurius, by John Spencer Stanhope, Esq., who presented the frag-
ment to the British Museum, March 6, 1816.
PLATE XVIII.
This marble is considerably longer than any other in the frieze, and
contains a proportionably greater number of figures. The princi-
pal figure is a young hero with a lion's skin over the left arm, and
a club in the right hand, with which he is aiming a blow at an
Amazon on horseback. Another Amazon, apparently alarmed
for the safety of her companion, has rushed between the com-
batants, while a Greek who has been trampled upon by the
horse, is raising himself up and drawing his sword from the scab-
bard. On the right of these figures is a third Amazon ; she ap-
pears to have received a death-blow, and her horse has been
killed under her. A Greek who surveys her with mingled pity