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EAST FRIEZE OF PARTHENON. 73
festival, and usually kept in the Treasury of Athene.
Michaelis suggests that they may be the stands, Jcrateutae,
in which turned the ends of the spits used in roasting the
sacrifice. This would explain the ring at the top.
15, 16. A pair of maidens with empty hands leads the pro-
cession. Nos. 11-16 are all dressed alike, in long chiton
with diploidion, together with a small mantle. They also
appear to have the hair similarly dressed. It falls in a
mass on the shoulders, as in the Caryatid of the Erech-
theion (No. 407).
17. In front of the procession is a man, probably one of the
marshals, who seems to approach a group of five persons,
and to hold out his hand as if with a gesture of greeting
18. to the nearest of the group. This figure is turned towards
the marshal, and leans heavily on his staff which is seen
below his knees. The marble fragment with parts of the
feet of Nos. 16 and 17 was acquired from the collection of
M. Steinhauser. The lower part of No. 18 is cast from a
fragment at Athens.
19-22. On the left of the next slab are four men of the same IV.
character as No. 18. They all wear himation and boots.
They converse in pairs and stand in easy attitudes,
leaning on their staffs. There is a corresponding group
of four male figures (Nos. 42-45) on slab vi., and
Michaelis, who formerly saw in the nine figures the
Archons, supposes them to be representative Athenian
citizens. Their privileged place between the head of
the procession on each side and the seated divinities
would seem to indicate official rank. Perhaps they may
be the Athlothetae, who controlled all the arrangements
(Aristotle, 'AO. ttoX. ed. Kenyon, 60).
23-40. The central portion of the eastern frieze now to be
described has been the subject of much controversy-
Nearly all the authorities who have written on this
question agree in recognising the two groups of seated
festival, and usually kept in the Treasury of Athene.
Michaelis suggests that they may be the stands, Jcrateutae,
in which turned the ends of the spits used in roasting the
sacrifice. This would explain the ring at the top.
15, 16. A pair of maidens with empty hands leads the pro-
cession. Nos. 11-16 are all dressed alike, in long chiton
with diploidion, together with a small mantle. They also
appear to have the hair similarly dressed. It falls in a
mass on the shoulders, as in the Caryatid of the Erech-
theion (No. 407).
17. In front of the procession is a man, probably one of the
marshals, who seems to approach a group of five persons,
and to hold out his hand as if with a gesture of greeting
18. to the nearest of the group. This figure is turned towards
the marshal, and leans heavily on his staff which is seen
below his knees. The marble fragment with parts of the
feet of Nos. 16 and 17 was acquired from the collection of
M. Steinhauser. The lower part of No. 18 is cast from a
fragment at Athens.
19-22. On the left of the next slab are four men of the same IV.
character as No. 18. They all wear himation and boots.
They converse in pairs and stand in easy attitudes,
leaning on their staffs. There is a corresponding group
of four male figures (Nos. 42-45) on slab vi., and
Michaelis, who formerly saw in the nine figures the
Archons, supposes them to be representative Athenian
citizens. Their privileged place between the head of
the procession on each side and the seated divinities
would seem to indicate official rank. Perhaps they may
be the Athlothetae, who controlled all the arrangements
(Aristotle, 'AO. ttoX. ed. Kenyon, 60).
23-40. The central portion of the eastern frieze now to be
described has been the subject of much controversy-
Nearly all the authorities who have written on this
question agree in recognising the two groups of seated