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in a chlamys, which is fastened by a fibula in front of his neck,
and wrapped round his left arm, as a substitute for a shield; a
broad Thessalian hat, much of which is broken away, hangs be-
hind his shoulders, and his feet are clothed with sandals. This
slab has suffered less mutilation than many of the others; both
the off legs of one Centaur and part of the near hind leg of the
other are missing ; of Caeneus the whole of the right arm and the
lower part of the left, with much of his shield, are lost. Of the
other Greek much of the right arm, the face, and the left hand
are wanting. The same mutilation appears in the engraving in
Stuart.
The other group in this plate represents a vigorous combat
between a Centaur and a Greek. The Centaur has possibly been
armed with a tree used as a lance, he is well poised upon
his haunches, and has raised himself to give force to his in-
tended blow, his human back is turned towards the spectator,
and his whole figure is a repetition of that in the second slab of
plate XVIII. except that he is clothed with a lion's skin, which
hangs across his back as a chlamys. The Greek is furnished with
a helmet, a shield, and probably a sword ; the whole of the right
arm is lost, but, from the apparent action of the body, it is pro-
bable that he was attempting to stab, rather than to strike. In
the excitement of the action the chlamys has fallen from his
shoulder, and, hanging loosely over the arm, trails upon the
ground. This group is exceedingly well composed, the vigour of
the combatants, and the animation of the action are well ex-
pressed, and the interest is maintained by the apparent uncer-
tainty of the issue. This part of the frieze has suffered much
from mutilation, both legs, and part of the head of the Greek are
destroyed; of his legs, only the right from the knee downwards,
and the left from the hip to the knee, with part of the foot, re-
main, both very much injured; the head, right arm, and both
near legs, of the Centaur above the knee, have also been lost.
in a chlamys, which is fastened by a fibula in front of his neck,
and wrapped round his left arm, as a substitute for a shield; a
broad Thessalian hat, much of which is broken away, hangs be-
hind his shoulders, and his feet are clothed with sandals. This
slab has suffered less mutilation than many of the others; both
the off legs of one Centaur and part of the near hind leg of the
other are missing ; of Caeneus the whole of the right arm and the
lower part of the left, with much of his shield, are lost. Of the
other Greek much of the right arm, the face, and the left hand
are wanting. The same mutilation appears in the engraving in
Stuart.
The other group in this plate represents a vigorous combat
between a Centaur and a Greek. The Centaur has possibly been
armed with a tree used as a lance, he is well poised upon
his haunches, and has raised himself to give force to his in-
tended blow, his human back is turned towards the spectator,
and his whole figure is a repetition of that in the second slab of
plate XVIII. except that he is clothed with a lion's skin, which
hangs across his back as a chlamys. The Greek is furnished with
a helmet, a shield, and probably a sword ; the whole of the right
arm is lost, but, from the apparent action of the body, it is pro-
bable that he was attempting to stab, rather than to strike. In
the excitement of the action the chlamys has fallen from his
shoulder, and, hanging loosely over the arm, trails upon the
ground. This group is exceedingly well composed, the vigour of
the combatants, and the animation of the action are well ex-
pressed, and the interest is maintained by the apparent uncer-
tainty of the issue. This part of the frieze has suffered much
from mutilation, both legs, and part of the head of the Greek are
destroyed; of his legs, only the right from the knee downwards,
and the left from the hip to the knee, with part of the foot, re-
main, both very much injured; the head, right arm, and both
near legs, of the Centaur above the knee, have also been lost.