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NORTH FRIEZE OF PARTHENON.
169
remains of the chariot groups still extant show that there
were at least nine of these. According to the calculation
of Michaelis, that was the original number of chariots on
this frieze. All these chariots are drawn by four horses,
harmata teihrippa, or quadrigae; the charioteer stands
in the chariot, and is accompanied by the apobates, who
is armed with a helmet and Argolic buckler, and is re-
presented in the act of stepping down from the chariot or
standing behind it. Each quadriga is accompanied by a
marshal, pompeus. The vigour and animation of the
chariot groups form a marked contrast with the groups
that immediately precede them. The transition from the
rapid motion of the chariots to the quietude of the
Thallophori is skilfully effected by a chariot seen in
rapid motion but in the act of being suddenly checked
31. by the marshal (No. 31), who is represented eagerly
pressing back the plunging horses of the chariot which
follows on the next slab. In the haste of his movement
he has nearly thrown off his mantle, holding it from
slipping further with his right hand on his right thigh.
The original of this slab was found at Athens probably
about 1834.
32= On the slab next on the right (xii.) is the hind quarter XII.
of one of the horses, cut off at the joint. At the side of
the chariot is a marshal (No. 32), his face turned, and
his right arm extended towards the procession follow-
33. ing on the right. The charioteer (No. 33), who was
mistaken for a Victory by Yisconti and others, but whoso
figure is certainly not female, differs in costume from the
others in this frieze. He wears a long chiton, over which
is a diploidion reaching to the hips. The breast is crossed
diagonally by two bands. As a part of the hair is on a
fragment known to have been missing before the time
of Stuart, his drawing of the figure is proved to bo
untrustworthy.
169
remains of the chariot groups still extant show that there
were at least nine of these. According to the calculation
of Michaelis, that was the original number of chariots on
this frieze. All these chariots are drawn by four horses,
harmata teihrippa, or quadrigae; the charioteer stands
in the chariot, and is accompanied by the apobates, who
is armed with a helmet and Argolic buckler, and is re-
presented in the act of stepping down from the chariot or
standing behind it. Each quadriga is accompanied by a
marshal, pompeus. The vigour and animation of the
chariot groups form a marked contrast with the groups
that immediately precede them. The transition from the
rapid motion of the chariots to the quietude of the
Thallophori is skilfully effected by a chariot seen in
rapid motion but in the act of being suddenly checked
31. by the marshal (No. 31), who is represented eagerly
pressing back the plunging horses of the chariot which
follows on the next slab. In the haste of his movement
he has nearly thrown off his mantle, holding it from
slipping further with his right hand on his right thigh.
The original of this slab was found at Athens probably
about 1834.
32= On the slab next on the right (xii.) is the hind quarter XII.
of one of the horses, cut off at the joint. At the side of
the chariot is a marshal (No. 32), his face turned, and
his right arm extended towards the procession follow-
33. ing on the right. The charioteer (No. 33), who was
mistaken for a Victory by Yisconti and others, but whoso
figure is certainly not female, differs in costume from the
others in this frieze. He wears a long chiton, over which
is a diploidion reaching to the hips. The breast is crossed
diagonally by two bands. As a part of the hair is on a
fragment known to have been missing before the time
of Stuart, his drawing of the figure is proved to bo
untrustworthy.