THE FANATHENAIC FRIEZE.

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31.

ati(l quadriga: but a close examination of the sculp-
tures will afford convincing proofs that, in the present
re»iains of the frieze, all the chariots are drawn by
f°ur horses.

The slabs 32 to 45 present the train of horsemen:
these were Athenian citizens of the second class who
*rved in the cavalry. Their number during the
Peloponnesian war was one thousand (Aristophanes,
flights, 1. 225). In many of the Greek communi-
ties we find a kind of class distinguished by some
Jame which has reference to the ability to maintain a
"orse or perhaps a couple ; one for the rider and the
"'her for his servant. The possession of such means
w°uld naturally give rise to a kind of military caste
°' an*upper order; for where all citizens are bound
to military service at their own expense, wealth will
•fetermine the rank and the armour of each individual.

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