Smith, Arthur H.; British Museum <London> / Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities [Editor]: A Catalogue of the sculptures of the Parthenon, in the British Museum (London, 1900)

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throw her off her balance. Her dress, a chiton with a
diploiidion, is disordered in the struggle. The action of
her right hand, as drawn by Carrey, indicates that she is
attempting to re-adjust the upper part of her chiton. Her
right foot is cast from a fragment, of which the original,
No. 342, 1, exhibited in a Wall Case, probably belonged
to the Elgin Collection. If the group were perfect, the
action of the leg would have a less awkward effect.

Michaelis, pi. 3, xii.; Stereoscopic, No. 96a.

Next follow in Carrey's drawings thirteen metopes
(Michaelis, xiii.-xxv.) of which we have only a few frag-
ments. Of these the first eight (xiii.-xx.) represent
subjects of which the import is unknown, and in which
draped female figures predominate. Nos. xxii.-xxv. re-
present combats between Centaui s and Lapiths or Lapith
women. If we suppose that No. xxi., which represents
two women standing by an archaic statue as if for sanc-
tuary, belongs to the Centaur series, then twelve metopes
at each end of the south side, namely, i.-xii., xxi.—xxxii.
are devoted to this subject, while the eight central metopes
are an independent series.

Fragments have been recognised as belonging to some
of the thirteen metopes which have been destroyed since
the time of Carrey. They are more fully described below.

Metope XIII (?). Breast. See No. 342, 5.
„ XV (?). Arm. See No. 342, 6.

XVI. Male head and torso. See No. 342, 3.

XVII. Male torso. See No. 343, 2. Fragment

oflyre(?). See No. 343, 3.
„ XIX. Arm and drapery. See No. 342, 7.
„ XX. Hand with roll. See No. 343, 4. Draped

thigh. See No. 342, 4.
„ XXIV. Torso of I.apith. See No. 343, 5.