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WESTERN PEDIMENT OF PARTHENON. 45
time the figure had lost the left forearm and left leg, and
half a century later it was a mere torso. The body is
clad in a long chiton without sleeves; an upper fold fall*
over the bosom as low as the waist, passing under a broad
girdle such as would be suitable for charioteers. A small
mantle passes over the left shoulder, under the left arm,
and obliquely across the back over the right shoulder.
The places where metallic ornaments were attached on
this figure are marked by five holes pierced in the marble,
one of which is on the base of the neck, one on the right
shoulder at the fastening of the chiton, and three on the
left shoulder. On the inside of the left thigh are folds
of fine drapery; the surface of the outside still shows
that the chiton had been open at the side, scMstos, as in
Carrey's drawing. It should be noted that this figure
was not seated, as Carrey probably conceived it, but must
have been standing with the body thrown back and the
arms extended in front like the charioteer (No. 33) in
the north frieze.
Mus. Marbles, VI., ph 18; Michaelis, pi. 8, figs. 18, 18a.
304 P, Leucothea, with boy (?).—-Lower limbs of a seated
Q. female figure, which in Carrey's drawing appears on the
right of the Amphitrite, and which was then complete.
The head of the female figure looks out of the pediment;
the feet are placed very close together. In Dalton's
drawing this figure is still in position, but headless, and
the boy is not shown. In its present state, nothing
remains of this figure but the lap and legs to the ankles.
On the right of the figure, the body of a youth (P) appears
in Carrey's drawing. The beginning of the right thigh,
with the lower part of the buttock, is still preserved
attached to the principal fragment; of the left thigh, the
outline as far as the knee. Three fingers of his right
hand may still be traced on the right knee of the female
time the figure had lost the left forearm and left leg, and
half a century later it was a mere torso. The body is
clad in a long chiton without sleeves; an upper fold fall*
over the bosom as low as the waist, passing under a broad
girdle such as would be suitable for charioteers. A small
mantle passes over the left shoulder, under the left arm,
and obliquely across the back over the right shoulder.
The places where metallic ornaments were attached on
this figure are marked by five holes pierced in the marble,
one of which is on the base of the neck, one on the right
shoulder at the fastening of the chiton, and three on the
left shoulder. On the inside of the left thigh are folds
of fine drapery; the surface of the outside still shows
that the chiton had been open at the side, scMstos, as in
Carrey's drawing. It should be noted that this figure
was not seated, as Carrey probably conceived it, but must
have been standing with the body thrown back and the
arms extended in front like the charioteer (No. 33) in
the north frieze.
Mus. Marbles, VI., ph 18; Michaelis, pi. 8, figs. 18, 18a.
304 P, Leucothea, with boy (?).—-Lower limbs of a seated
Q. female figure, which in Carrey's drawing appears on the
right of the Amphitrite, and which was then complete.
The head of the female figure looks out of the pediment;
the feet are placed very close together. In Dalton's
drawing this figure is still in position, but headless, and
the boy is not shown. In its present state, nothing
remains of this figure but the lap and legs to the ankles.
On the right of the figure, the body of a youth (P) appears
in Carrey's drawing. The beginning of the right thigh,
with the lower part of the buttock, is still preserved
attached to the principal fragment; of the left thigh, the
outline as far as the knee. Three fingers of his right
hand may still be traced on the right knee of the female