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

METOPES OF PAKTHENON.

63

austere character as in No. 319. This metope seems in
the same state as when drawn by Carrey.

Mm, Marbles,YlL, pi. 13 ; Baumeister, Denkmaeler, p. 1178, fig. 1367 ;
Michaelis, pi. 4, xxxi.; Stereoscopic, No. 94 ; Brunn, Denkmaeler,
No. 182; Collignon, II., p. 12.

321. In this metope, the 32nd of the original series, the
Centaur has seized the Lapith by the back of his head
with his left hand, of which a fragment is still visible.
His right arm has been drawn back to deal a blow,

Fig. 8.—Metope 321, from Feodor.

probably with a spear. The left foreleg passes round
the loins of the Lapith, while the other foreleg has been
locked round his right thigh. The Lapith, firmly planted
on the ground with his right leg advanced, has drawn
back his left arm to prepare a blow, probably with a
sword. The action of his right shoulder shows that he
has seized the Centaur by the hair with his right hand.
A drawing by Feodor, (fig. 8) one of the artists employed