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183 THE BRITISH MUSEUM.
as victims *; the foreigners settled in Athens, denomi-
nated Metceci, also appeared in the procession; others
called Ascophori, bearers of leathern bottles which
contained libations; after whom, according to the
drawings, walked three players on the flute, and next
to these four Citharcedi, or performers on the lyre.
" Pericles, " says Visconti, " in order to give additional
embellishments to the feast, of the Panathenaea, had
instituted prizes for music, and more particularly ftr
these two instruments f; and Phidias had not neg-
lected to distinguish among the bas-reliefs of the tem-
ple this new ornament, which his protector and his
friend had lately added to the solemnity." Meursius,
in his PanathenEea, Opera, torn. ii. col. 563, has a
whole chapter upon the musical contest at this cere-
monial. A troop of citizens closed the train of persons
on foot. But all these have disappeared from the
NORTHERN FRIEZE,
the remains of which I at present begin with No. 26.
On this slab, a youth, the victor in a chariot race, is
represented receiving the crown. Stuart and Vis-
conti appear to have mistaken this youth for a figure
of Victory without wings §. Athenreus, lib. v., ex-
pressly alludes to the crowning of persons who were
victors in the Panathenaic frames.
The slabs marked 27, 28, 29, 30, and 31 present
chariots and charioteers in action.
* Stuart has engraved a fragment of one of the victims, from we
northern side of tlte temple.
f Memoir on the Sculptures of the Parthenon, 8vo. 1816, p./
1 Nineteen Metopes and a large portion of the northern frieze
fell when the Acropolis was besieged bj the Venetians in 16S7.
§ See Visconti's Memoir, p. 77.
as victims *; the foreigners settled in Athens, denomi-
nated Metceci, also appeared in the procession; others
called Ascophori, bearers of leathern bottles which
contained libations; after whom, according to the
drawings, walked three players on the flute, and next
to these four Citharcedi, or performers on the lyre.
" Pericles, " says Visconti, " in order to give additional
embellishments to the feast, of the Panathenaea, had
instituted prizes for music, and more particularly ftr
these two instruments f; and Phidias had not neg-
lected to distinguish among the bas-reliefs of the tem-
ple this new ornament, which his protector and his
friend had lately added to the solemnity." Meursius,
in his PanathenEea, Opera, torn. ii. col. 563, has a
whole chapter upon the musical contest at this cere-
monial. A troop of citizens closed the train of persons
on foot. But all these have disappeared from the
NORTHERN FRIEZE,
the remains of which I at present begin with No. 26.
On this slab, a youth, the victor in a chariot race, is
represented receiving the crown. Stuart and Vis-
conti appear to have mistaken this youth for a figure
of Victory without wings §. Athenreus, lib. v., ex-
pressly alludes to the crowning of persons who were
victors in the Panathenaic frames.
The slabs marked 27, 28, 29, 30, and 31 present
chariots and charioteers in action.
* Stuart has engraved a fragment of one of the victims, from we
northern side of tlte temple.
f Memoir on the Sculptures of the Parthenon, 8vo. 1816, p./
1 Nineteen Metopes and a large portion of the northern frieze
fell when the Acropolis was besieged bj the Venetians in 16S7.
§ See Visconti's Memoir, p. 77.