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SOUTH FRIEZE OF PARTHENON.
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at Athens. This slab, which now only contains parts
of the legs of two horses and a rider (No. 48) was
nearly complete in the time of Carrey and contained
two riders wearing petasoi or broad-brimmed travellers'
hats.
51. In slab xxi. the head of the horse of No. 51 and the XXI.
52. head and shoulders of No. 52 are supplied by casts from
originals at Athens. The fragment containing the head
53. of No. 53, a figure wearing a petasos, does not appear in
the plate of Michaelis.
Slab xxii. and slab xxiii., which, with the exception of XXII.,
a small fragment, is only preserved in Carrey's drawings, XXIII.
contained the leading horsemen of the procession. Those
on slab xxii. are evidently pulling up their horses, while
the two horsemen on slab xxiii. are going at a foot-pace.
All the paces of the horse are thus displayed within a
short distance, at this part of the frieze. In slab xxii.
a fragment containing a horse's head and the mane
of another horse, which Michaelis assigns to the team on
slab xxiv., has been since adjusted to its place in front of
No. 56; to this has been fitted the small fragment of the
corner of slab xxiii.
The horsemen are immediately preceded in the proces- XXIV.
sion by the chariot-groups. Carrey draws eight chariots, XXXIV.
of which four partially survive and four are totally lost.
On the other hand, a part remains of two groups (slab
xxix.), of which there is no trace in Carrey's drawings.
These, therefore, must probably be placed in a break in
the sequence of slabs indicated by Carrey. Originally
there must have been not fewer than ten chariot groups.
In each the charioteer is accompanied by an armed
warrior; but here the armed figure is not like the
apobates of the northern frieze in the act of stepping
out of the chariot in motion, but stands either in
the quadriga or (if it is not in motion) by its side.
185
at Athens. This slab, which now only contains parts
of the legs of two horses and a rider (No. 48) was
nearly complete in the time of Carrey and contained
two riders wearing petasoi or broad-brimmed travellers'
hats.
51. In slab xxi. the head of the horse of No. 51 and the XXI.
52. head and shoulders of No. 52 are supplied by casts from
originals at Athens. The fragment containing the head
53. of No. 53, a figure wearing a petasos, does not appear in
the plate of Michaelis.
Slab xxii. and slab xxiii., which, with the exception of XXII.,
a small fragment, is only preserved in Carrey's drawings, XXIII.
contained the leading horsemen of the procession. Those
on slab xxii. are evidently pulling up their horses, while
the two horsemen on slab xxiii. are going at a foot-pace.
All the paces of the horse are thus displayed within a
short distance, at this part of the frieze. In slab xxii.
a fragment containing a horse's head and the mane
of another horse, which Michaelis assigns to the team on
slab xxiv., has been since adjusted to its place in front of
No. 56; to this has been fitted the small fragment of the
corner of slab xxiii.
The horsemen are immediately preceded in the proces- XXIV.
sion by the chariot-groups. Carrey draws eight chariots, XXXIV.
of which four partially survive and four are totally lost.
On the other hand, a part remains of two groups (slab
xxix.), of which there is no trace in Carrey's drawings.
These, therefore, must probably be placed in a break in
the sequence of slabs indicated by Carrey. Originally
there must have been not fewer than ten chariot groups.
In each the charioteer is accompanied by an armed
warrior; but here the armed figure is not like the
apobates of the northern frieze in the act of stepping
out of the chariot in motion, but stands either in
the quadriga or (if it is not in motion) by its side.