Memorandum on the subject of the Earl of Elgin's pursuits in Greece (London, 1811)

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digîous animation. They are all in such
high relief, as to seem groupes of statues;
and they are in general finished with as
much attention behind as before. They
were originally continued round thé enta-
blature of the Parthenon* and formed
ninety-two groupes. The zeal of the early
Christians, the barbarism of the Turks,
and the explosions which took place when
thé temple was used as à gun-powder
magazine, have demolished a very large
portion of them ; so that, with the excep-
tion of those preserved by Lord Elgin,
it is in general difficult to trace even the
outline of the original subject.

The frize, which was carried along the
top of the walls of the cell, offered a con-
tinuation of sculptures in'low relief, and
of the most interesting kind. This frizè
being unbroken by triglyphs^ had pre-
sented much more unity of subject thatf
thé detached and insulated groupes on
thè metopes of thé peristyle. It rëprè-