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OE THE MAUSOLEUM. 241
for the boldness and novelty of the conception. On
the next slab (Plate IX. Lower View) an Amazon
is abont to strike down a youthful warrior, who,
already wounded, has fallen on his left knee, and,
looking up at his adversary with undaunted gaze,
prepares to receive the blow on his Argolic buckler.
This warrior is a very noble figure ; his left leg is a
remarkable example of bold foreshortening. At first
sight, the left thigh of this figure appears longer
than the right, but Mr. Palkenerw has pointed out
that this is an optical deception. On the. right of
this figure the slab is broken away in the middle of
a group ; a mounted Amazon is turned to the right :
under her horse's feet appears the thigh of a wounded
warrior.
The fourth slab (Plate IX.) is a fragment on which
is a mounted Amazon, the upper part of whose body
has been broken away ; but, from the general action
of the body, it is probable that she was aiming a
spear. In front of her has been the figure of a
Greek, of which nothing remains but part of the
right thigh and the left leg and foot.x It is uncertain
whether this slab forms part of the series previously
described; it was found near them.
It has been already pointed out that the attitude
both of the horse and rider greatly resembles that of
the equestrian group in the round already described.
It may be also compared with the mounted
w Dsedalus, p. 247.
x These two fragments have been rejoined since the.arrival of
the frieze in the Museum, and are not shown in the Plate, which
is copied from a photograph taken at Budrum.
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for the boldness and novelty of the conception. On
the next slab (Plate IX. Lower View) an Amazon
is abont to strike down a youthful warrior, who,
already wounded, has fallen on his left knee, and,
looking up at his adversary with undaunted gaze,
prepares to receive the blow on his Argolic buckler.
This warrior is a very noble figure ; his left leg is a
remarkable example of bold foreshortening. At first
sight, the left thigh of this figure appears longer
than the right, but Mr. Palkenerw has pointed out
that this is an optical deception. On the. right of
this figure the slab is broken away in the middle of
a group ; a mounted Amazon is turned to the right :
under her horse's feet appears the thigh of a wounded
warrior.
The fourth slab (Plate IX.) is a fragment on which
is a mounted Amazon, the upper part of whose body
has been broken away ; but, from the general action
of the body, it is probable that she was aiming a
spear. In front of her has been the figure of a
Greek, of which nothing remains but part of the
right thigh and the left leg and foot.x It is uncertain
whether this slab forms part of the series previously
described; it was found near them.
It has been already pointed out that the attitude
both of the horse and rider greatly resembles that of
the equestrian group in the round already described.
It may be also compared with the mounted
w Dsedalus, p. 247.
x These two fragments have been rejoined since the.arrival of
the frieze in the Museum, and are not shown in the Plate, which
is copied from a photograph taken at Budrum.
il