I02 AN INVESTIGATION OF THE PRINCIPLES OF ATHENIAN ARCHITECTURE
A portion of the Cimonium contains some fragments, represented in Fig. 4 in the plate, which
from their identity of height (4.4) with the frieze found in the Pelasgicum, seem to have belonged to
the same structure. It is possible that these fragments formed the top of the cella wall on the
flanks of the temple; but with respect to the returns of this cella wall on the fronts, i.e. the
porticoes of the Pronaos and Posticum, it is not unlikely that there was an internal frieze decorated
with sculpture, as in the Temple of Theseus. Mr. W. Watkiss Lloyd has expressed an opinion
that a bas-relief of archaic style found on the Acropolis, and usually called " Venus mounting her
chariot" (a cast of which may be seen in the Elgin Room in the British Museum), is to be assigned
to the original Parthenon. The joints of this slab indicate that it formed part of a continuous subject,
and its height, about 4 feet, goes far to justify the conjecture that it may have been a portion of
an internal frieze, similar to the Panathenaic procession in the existing Parthenon.
The three facia moulding which is shown on the right hand part of the Plate (XLVI.) and near the
bottom, is clearly identical with that which still remains on the sub-basement wall (see Plate IX.)
In the first temple it probably formed a cornice or finish to the wall, but in incorporating it into the new
work so as to support the outer step its position was somewhat shifted, and its upper member
reduced from .97 to about .6. Under a broken portion of the stylobate near the south-west angle
one of these stones may be seen employed as old material for the foundation of the inner steps.
A portion of the Cimonium contains some fragments, represented in Fig. 4 in the plate, which
from their identity of height (4.4) with the frieze found in the Pelasgicum, seem to have belonged to
the same structure. It is possible that these fragments formed the top of the cella wall on the
flanks of the temple; but with respect to the returns of this cella wall on the fronts, i.e. the
porticoes of the Pronaos and Posticum, it is not unlikely that there was an internal frieze decorated
with sculpture, as in the Temple of Theseus. Mr. W. Watkiss Lloyd has expressed an opinion
that a bas-relief of archaic style found on the Acropolis, and usually called " Venus mounting her
chariot" (a cast of which may be seen in the Elgin Room in the British Museum), is to be assigned
to the original Parthenon. The joints of this slab indicate that it formed part of a continuous subject,
and its height, about 4 feet, goes far to justify the conjecture that it may have been a portion of
an internal frieze, similar to the Panathenaic procession in the existing Parthenon.
The three facia moulding which is shown on the right hand part of the Plate (XLVI.) and near the
bottom, is clearly identical with that which still remains on the sub-basement wall (see Plate IX.)
In the first temple it probably formed a cornice or finish to the wall, but in incorporating it into the new
work so as to support the outer step its position was somewhat shifted, and its upper member
reduced from .97 to about .6. Under a broken portion of the stylobate near the south-west angle
one of these stones may be seen employed as old material for the foundation of the inner steps.