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NORTH FEIEZE OF PARTHENON.
175
In this part of the frieze there is great variety in the
costumes and accoutrements of the horsemen. Crested
helmets are worn by Nos. 59, 62 ; flexible leather caps by
Nos. 84, 93, 96 ; a taenia by No. 97, and a petasos by
No. 105. Some figures wear high boots with flaps at the
knee as Nos. 98, 103, &c, while others wear boots without
flaps as Nos. 90, 91, 92 ; a few have bare feet, as Nos. 72,
87, 89. The usual dress is a sleeveless chiton and a cloak.
Some riders, however, wear a chiton only, as Nos. 59, 60
63, 72, &c, and others wear a cloak only, as Nos. 61, 76,
79, 87, 94. It may be mentioned that, according to Theo-
phrastus, it was a mark of the man of small ambitions,
when he took part in a cavalry procession, to give all his
garments to a slave to carry home except only his cloak,
in which he would display himself, walking about the
agora. The chiton may have either one girdle, as No. 72,
or two girdles, as Nos. 57, 59, &c. In a few instances it
has long sleeves, as in Nos. 73, 75, 80, 81, 97, 98, 109.
Two rideis wear a cuirass, viz. Nos. 62, 92. The reins
and bridles were in nearly every instance of bronze,
marked by rivet holes behind the horse's ear, at his
mouth and in the rider's hands. Marble reins are seen
in the right hands of Nos. 98, 103.
Slab xxiv. is shown, as has been already stated, to have XXIV.
contained the first of the cavalry, by the figure of the
52. apobates which has been fitted to its left side. Neither
this fragment nor that at the upper right hand corner
have been engraved by Michaelis.
Slab xxv. was complete when drawn by Stuart. Only XXV.
57_ a fragment, containing part of No. 57, now survives.
This is not inserted, in its place in the frieze, but is fixed
beside the south door to the Elgin Room.
Slab xxvi. is proved by Stuart's drawing to be continuous XXVI.
with the fragmentary slab xxv. Between slabs xxvi. and XXVII.-
xxxi. the order is uncertain. The arrangement of plate XXXI.
175
In this part of the frieze there is great variety in the
costumes and accoutrements of the horsemen. Crested
helmets are worn by Nos. 59, 62 ; flexible leather caps by
Nos. 84, 93, 96 ; a taenia by No. 97, and a petasos by
No. 105. Some figures wear high boots with flaps at the
knee as Nos. 98, 103, &c, while others wear boots without
flaps as Nos. 90, 91, 92 ; a few have bare feet, as Nos. 72,
87, 89. The usual dress is a sleeveless chiton and a cloak.
Some riders, however, wear a chiton only, as Nos. 59, 60
63, 72, &c, and others wear a cloak only, as Nos. 61, 76,
79, 87, 94. It may be mentioned that, according to Theo-
phrastus, it was a mark of the man of small ambitions,
when he took part in a cavalry procession, to give all his
garments to a slave to carry home except only his cloak,
in which he would display himself, walking about the
agora. The chiton may have either one girdle, as No. 72,
or two girdles, as Nos. 57, 59, &c. In a few instances it
has long sleeves, as in Nos. 73, 75, 80, 81, 97, 98, 109.
Two rideis wear a cuirass, viz. Nos. 62, 92. The reins
and bridles were in nearly every instance of bronze,
marked by rivet holes behind the horse's ear, at his
mouth and in the rider's hands. Marble reins are seen
in the right hands of Nos. 98, 103.
Slab xxiv. is shown, as has been already stated, to have XXIV.
contained the first of the cavalry, by the figure of the
52. apobates which has been fitted to its left side. Neither
this fragment nor that at the upper right hand corner
have been engraved by Michaelis.
Slab xxv. was complete when drawn by Stuart. Only XXV.
57_ a fragment, containing part of No. 57, now survives.
This is not inserted, in its place in the frieze, but is fixed
beside the south door to the Elgin Room.
Slab xxvi. is proved by Stuart's drawing to be continuous XXVI.
with the fragmentary slab xxv. Between slabs xxvi. and XXVII.-
xxxi. the order is uncertain. The arrangement of plate XXXI.