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286 THE SCULPTURES OF THE PARTHENON.
CHAPTER XXV.
THE SCULPTURES OF THE PARTHENON
(continued).
The Eastern Frieze.
OUR limits will not allow us to notice in detail the composition
of the procession on the n., S., and W. facades. But it will be
necessary to examine the eastern frieze, of which the interpretation
presents at the same time the greatest interest, and by far the great-
est difficulty. On turning the s.e. corner to the e. side of the
frieze, we come, as usual, upon a marshal, who looks towards the S.
division of the procession, and, as it were, beckons it to follow him.
Before him march in uniform order and with quiet step a train of
female Metoikoi (resident aliens)? (fig. 118)—some of whom wear
a mantle over the chiton, and others a shorter garment, cover-
ing the back as low as the knees, like the Caryatids (/copai) of
the Temple of Athene Polias.1 Some of them carry in their
hands bowls or rather patera (cpiuXat dpyvp&ss, ^pvat'Sss), which
had a hole in the middle for the insertion of the finger (<£t«\?;
/j.sao/j,(pa\os). Others carry cans or ewers {olvo^oai) of precious
metal. The curious object which figs, a and b, 118, are bearing
between them has been variously interpreted as candelabra,2 parasol3
(a-KiuBsia), fan,4 and torch.5 Whatever it may be, the fact that it is
borne by two persons in common seems to imply that it was heavy,
1 Visconti seeks to distinguish maidens * O. K. Miiller apud Michaelis, Der Par-
from matrons by the mantle, but nos. 50 and thenon, p. 253
51, with mantles, are certainly maidens. 4 A. Mommsen.
' Visconti. 1 Fricdciichs.
CHAPTER XXV.
THE SCULPTURES OF THE PARTHENON
(continued).
The Eastern Frieze.
OUR limits will not allow us to notice in detail the composition
of the procession on the n., S., and W. facades. But it will be
necessary to examine the eastern frieze, of which the interpretation
presents at the same time the greatest interest, and by far the great-
est difficulty. On turning the s.e. corner to the e. side of the
frieze, we come, as usual, upon a marshal, who looks towards the S.
division of the procession, and, as it were, beckons it to follow him.
Before him march in uniform order and with quiet step a train of
female Metoikoi (resident aliens)? (fig. 118)—some of whom wear
a mantle over the chiton, and others a shorter garment, cover-
ing the back as low as the knees, like the Caryatids (/copai) of
the Temple of Athene Polias.1 Some of them carry in their
hands bowls or rather patera (cpiuXat dpyvp&ss, ^pvat'Sss), which
had a hole in the middle for the insertion of the finger (<£t«\?;
/j.sao/j,(pa\os). Others carry cans or ewers {olvo^oai) of precious
metal. The curious object which figs, a and b, 118, are bearing
between them has been variously interpreted as candelabra,2 parasol3
(a-KiuBsia), fan,4 and torch.5 Whatever it may be, the fact that it is
borne by two persons in common seems to imply that it was heavy,
1 Visconti seeks to distinguish maidens * O. K. Miiller apud Michaelis, Der Par-
from matrons by the mantle, but nos. 50 and thenon, p. 253
51, with mantles, are certainly maidens. 4 A. Mommsen.
' Visconti. 1 Fricdciichs.