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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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METOPES OF PAKTHENON. 61

may have been a large kylix. The Lapith lies on his
chlamys, his head thrown back, his right leg bent up, his
right hand lying over his right flank, his whole form
relaxed by death. Carrey's drawing (fig. 7) gives the
head, left foreleg, and greater part of the right arm of the
Centaur. For dramatic power in the conception and truth
in the modelling of the forms, this metope is unrivalled.

Mus. Marbles, VII., pi. !0; Baumeister, Denkmaeler, p. 1177, fig. 1366;
Mich;ielis, pi. 3, xxviii.; Brunn, Denkmaeler, No. 185; Stereo-
scopic. No. 91.

318. In this metope, the 29th of the original series, the
Centaur is carrying off a Lapith woman. Clasping her
firmly round the waist with his left hand, he has raised
her from the ground. We see from Carrey's drawing
that his right hand, now wanting, grasped her right arm
at the elbow, behind his head; with her left hand she
vainly endeavours to loosen his hold round her waist.
Her chiton has slipped from its attachment on the left
shoulder, leaving her left breast exposed. Over her left
arm is the end of a mantle, which, passing round her
back, and twist d over her right arm, floats uncoufined
behind the Centaur. His head has the pointed ears
which are characteristic of the semi-bestial type, but
which do not occur on the other heads of Centaurs in
these metopes. Carrey's drawing gives the head of the
female figure, and the right arm, hind leg, and tail of the
Centaur. Two small holes are drilled through the drapery
near the woman's ankle. There are traces of the bead and
reel moulding above this metope. The drapery is finely
wrought, its minute folds being markedly different from
the leathery texture of most of the drapery of the metopes.

Mus. Marbles, VII., pi. 11; Michaelis, pi. 4, xxix.; Stereoscopic,
No. 92; Brunn, Denkmaeler, No. 193; Collignoii, II., p. 16.

319. This metope, the 30th in the series, much resembles
 
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