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METOPES OF PARTHENON.
137
from the original, which is now in the Louvre. Carrey's
drawing gives the missing parts of the legs of this group.
This is, perhaps, the finest of all the metopes in the
Museum. The action is most spirited, and the modelling
very thorough and masterly.
Mus. Marble?, VII., pi. 3 ; Michaelis, pi. 3, vii. ; Stereoscopic, No. 85 ;
Waldstein, in Journ. of Hellen. Studies, III., pi. 23, p. 228;
Essays, pis. 1, 2, p. 97.
311. The Lapifh is kneeling on his right knee. The Centaur,
the human portion of whose body is broken away, presses
down his antagonist. From Carrey's drawing, taken
when this metope was nearly complete, we learn what
the action was. He represents the Centaur bending over
the kneeling Lapith, and raiding his right hand to strike
a deadly blow at his antagonist, who louks up with his
head thrown back, and stretches out his left arm towards
the breast of the Centaur. A chlamys hangs down from
the left arm of the Lapith. His right arm, which was
lost in the time of Carrey, must have been raised. The
right hind foot of the Centaur rests on a rock.
Mus. Marbles, VII., pi. 6 ; Michaelis, pi. 3, viii.; Stereoscopic, No. 86.
312. The Centaur has again the advantage. The Lapith is
thrown down over a large wine vessel, pithos ; the Centaur
has grasped his left leg with his left hand, rolling him
back on the jar. The Lapith seizes his antagonist by the
beard with his left hand, while his right arm, now broken
off, has been vainly extended behind him, seeking some
support. The right thigh of this figure, the head and
part of the right arm of the Centaur are casts from three
fragments at Athens. Carrey's drawing gives the left
arm and side of the Centaur, as well as his head. The
head and right arm and hand of the Lapith are also shown
in his drawing, but not the portion of right thigh which
137
from the original, which is now in the Louvre. Carrey's
drawing gives the missing parts of the legs of this group.
This is, perhaps, the finest of all the metopes in the
Museum. The action is most spirited, and the modelling
very thorough and masterly.
Mus. Marble?, VII., pi. 3 ; Michaelis, pi. 3, vii. ; Stereoscopic, No. 85 ;
Waldstein, in Journ. of Hellen. Studies, III., pi. 23, p. 228;
Essays, pis. 1, 2, p. 97.
311. The Lapifh is kneeling on his right knee. The Centaur,
the human portion of whose body is broken away, presses
down his antagonist. From Carrey's drawing, taken
when this metope was nearly complete, we learn what
the action was. He represents the Centaur bending over
the kneeling Lapith, and raiding his right hand to strike
a deadly blow at his antagonist, who louks up with his
head thrown back, and stretches out his left arm towards
the breast of the Centaur. A chlamys hangs down from
the left arm of the Lapith. His right arm, which was
lost in the time of Carrey, must have been raised. The
right hind foot of the Centaur rests on a rock.
Mus. Marbles, VII., pi. 6 ; Michaelis, pi. 3, viii.; Stereoscopic, No. 86.
312. The Centaur has again the advantage. The Lapith is
thrown down over a large wine vessel, pithos ; the Centaur
has grasped his left leg with his left hand, rolling him
back on the jar. The Lapith seizes his antagonist by the
beard with his left hand, while his right arm, now broken
off, has been vainly extended behind him, seeking some
support. The right thigh of this figure, the head and
part of the right arm of the Centaur are casts from three
fragments at Athens. Carrey's drawing gives the left
arm and side of the Centaur, as well as his head. The
head and right arm and hand of the Lapith are also shown
in his drawing, but not the portion of right thigh which