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)

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by Lord Elgin at Athens, shows that the left arm and
left leg of the Lapith, now wanting, were then perfect.
The direction of the missing portions of the left arm and
leg is indicated by projections on the ground of the relief.
The right arm was wanting from the elbow. Carrey, Pars,
and Feodor indicate that he wore a helmet. In Carrey's
drawing, all the right arm of the Centaur is given; but
his legs were mutilated.

Mus. Marbles, VII., pi. 14; Michaelis, p!. 4, xxxii.; Stereoscopic,
No. 95; Brunn, Denkmaeler, No. 181.

Of the thirty-two metopes which originally adorned
the north side of the Parthenon, only twelve (i.-iii. and
xxiv.-xxxii.; of. Michaelis, pi. 4) remain in their original
position, and three of these (ii., xxvi., xxx.) are so defaced
that no trace of sculpture remains. In the explosion of
1687, twenty metopes (iv.-xxiii.) were destroyed, all but
a few fragments. The subjects of some of the metopes
which have perished may have been the combats of
Centaurs and Lapiths. Michaelis supposes xxiv., xxv. to
represent a scene from the taking of Troy.
322. The only metope from the north side, of which a cast
is exhibited in the British Museum, is the last of the
series, at the north-west angle of the temple. It repre-
sents a draped female figure seated on a rock, towards
whom advances from the left another draped female
figure, extending forward her left hand muffled in
drapery. Both figures wear long chitons, over which
fall diploi'dia and mantles. The figure advancing wears
sandals. The folds of the drapery are very rich and
abundant. There is a careful drawing of this metope by
Feodor in the British Museum, taken when it was in a
considerably better state.

Michaelis, pi. 4, xxxii.; Stereoscopic, No. 96.