Smith, Arthur H. [Editor]; British Museum <London> / Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities [Editor]: Catalogue of sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities (Band 1) (London, 1892)

PHIGALEIAN FRIEZE.

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to the designer. Among the artists suggested are Alca-
menes (Stackelberg, p. 84), Cresilas (Sauer, Berliner
Philol. Woclienschr., 1889, p. 583) ; an artist influenced by
the paintings of Polygnotos (Murray, ii., p. 176); an
Attic artist (Jahn, Pop. Aufsdtze, p. 157), or an Arcadian
artist under Attic influences (Overbeck, Gr. Plast., 3rd
ed., i., p. 457.)

Literature relating to the Frieze. Wagner, Bassorelievi Antichi della
Grecia. See also works quoted above, and on p. 272. For the
proposed arrangements of the slabs of the frieze, see Cockerell,
p. 56 ; Ivanoff, Annali delV Inst., I860, p. 29 ; Lange, Ber. der.
K. sachs Ges. d. Wissenschaften, 1880, p. 56, pi. 3 ; Wolters,
Nos. 883-905; Stereoscopic, Nos. 119, 120, 122.

Phigaleiax Frieze, West Side.

520. A Centaur carries away a Lapith woman, who stretches
out her arm in appeal for help. The woman's headdress
is somewhat peculiar, consisting of a cap (spliendone) and
a narrow taenia, from under which the hair falls in small
curls on the forehead. On the right of the slab an
unarmed Lapith struggles with a Centaur, whose equine
body is wholly unexpressed except for one leg which
hardly seems to belong to him.

Length, 2 feet 5f inches. Synopsis, No. 7; Bias. Marbles, IV., pi. 7 ;
Stackelberg, pi. 25.

521. On the left of this slab, a Centaur, whose head and
lower parts are lost, flings a stone with each hand. The
figure is shown to be a Centaur by the lion's skin over tho
left arm. On the right, a Centaur, who also wears a lion's
skin knotted about his neck, treads down an armed
Lapith, and grasps his right hand to prevent him striking
with his sword. Between the two Centaurs is a Lapith
woman, who hastens to her right and holds her mantle
about her. The Centaur here and on certain other slabs