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has been vainly extended behind him, seeking some sup-
port. " The right thigh of this fL ure, the head and part
of the right arm of the Centaur are casts from three
fragments at Athens. Carrey's diawing (fig. 6) gives the
left arm and side of the Centaur, as well as his head. The
head and right arm and hand of the Lapith are also
shown in his drawing, but not the portion of right thigh
which has recently been added. The wine vessel in this
metope, and the pitcher in No. 807, indicate the wedding
feast of Peirithoos as the scene of the contest.

Mas. Marbles, VII., pi. 4; Michaelis, pi. 3, ix.
N'o. 182 ; Stereoscopic, No. 87.

Brunn, Denkmaeler,

Fig. 6.—Metopes 312, ol3, from Carrey.

313. This metope is a cast from the one removed by Choiseul-
Gouffier when French ambassad r at the Porte, about the
year 1787, and now in the Louvre. The group represents
a Centaur carrying oif a Lapith wife or maiden. The
Centaur is rearing up; he grasps the woman between his
forelegs. His left hand presses against her left side, and it
appears from Carrey's drawing (fig. 6) of this metope that
his right hand grasped her right wri*t. With her left hand
she is vainly endeavouring to loosen his grasp round her