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IONIC TEOPHY MOKUMEKT.
are assembled the leaders of the Lycians in quiescent atti-
tudes ; differing in this respect from the sculptures upon
any other stones, excepting those used to represent the scene
described at this end of the monument; and each of these
stones were found at this, the west end of the base. But
we must read this sculptured history more systematically.
On all the four sides of the lower and larger frieze we find
a contest between parties, some on foot, and others on horse-
back ; in many figures are recognized the loose-robed, bearded
Lycians, with their peculiar arms, their bow-cases, and the
leaders or heralds with curtained shields. This I conceive
to represent the brave resistance in the plains recorded by
Herodotus ; it is evident that the Lycians are generally the
vanquished. I shall not here dwell upon the style of art in
this frieze, but follow the history.
Upon the smaller and higher sculptured frieze on the
south side—for in this frieze each side forms a distinct pic-
ture—we find groups of bearded soldiers hastening forwards ;
there is a tree, probably to signify the flight as through a
forest; then a jaded horse, clothed with an oriental saddle,
and led by a chief in oriental Phrygian cap. The armed
soldiers are seen passing behind a bastion, with hands up-
lifted, and in a supplicating attitude, asking refuge within
the city, whose portal is guarded by a sentinel. A man is
leaning over the tower, evidently inquiring their business.
The next stone contains a crowded city, with manned walls;
within these are embattled towers, where females are seen
with extended arms: the continuing stone shows the men
at the walls, each hurling a stone at assailants at an opposite
gate, whence two men, one with the curtained shield of a
leader, are making a sally upon assailants in the Ionic Greek
costume.
A second picture at the east end represents the mode of
attack on another gate of the city. A group of loose-robed,
bearded, unarmed, and bare-headed peasants, tied together,
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IONIC TEOPHY MOKUMEKT.
are assembled the leaders of the Lycians in quiescent atti-
tudes ; differing in this respect from the sculptures upon
any other stones, excepting those used to represent the scene
described at this end of the monument; and each of these
stones were found at this, the west end of the base. But
we must read this sculptured history more systematically.
On all the four sides of the lower and larger frieze we find
a contest between parties, some on foot, and others on horse-
back ; in many figures are recognized the loose-robed, bearded
Lycians, with their peculiar arms, their bow-cases, and the
leaders or heralds with curtained shields. This I conceive
to represent the brave resistance in the plains recorded by
Herodotus ; it is evident that the Lycians are generally the
vanquished. I shall not here dwell upon the style of art in
this frieze, but follow the history.
Upon the smaller and higher sculptured frieze on the
south side—for in this frieze each side forms a distinct pic-
ture—we find groups of bearded soldiers hastening forwards ;
there is a tree, probably to signify the flight as through a
forest; then a jaded horse, clothed with an oriental saddle,
and led by a chief in oriental Phrygian cap. The armed
soldiers are seen passing behind a bastion, with hands up-
lifted, and in a supplicating attitude, asking refuge within
the city, whose portal is guarded by a sentinel. A man is
leaning over the tower, evidently inquiring their business.
The next stone contains a crowded city, with manned walls;
within these are embattled towers, where females are seen
with extended arms: the continuing stone shows the men
at the walls, each hurling a stone at assailants at an opposite
gate, whence two men, one with the curtained shield of a
leader, are making a sally upon assailants in the Ionic Greek
costume.
A second picture at the east end represents the mode of
attack on another gate of the city. A group of loose-robed,
bearded, unarmed, and bare-headed peasants, tied together,
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