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)

EAST FRIEZE OF PARTHENON.

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two groups of Gods who sit in a continuous semicircle.
(Murray, ii. pi. 1.)

No. 30 is a maiden holding an uncertain object, perhaps
a footstool, on her left arm, and supporting on her head a
seat (St^pos) covered with a cushion, not unlike the seats
on which the Gods are, but smaller. She has a small pad
on her head to make the weight easier to bear. The legs
of the seat are now wanting, but a rivet hole near the
maiden's right elbow shows where one leg was attached.
The other may have been undercut and free from the

Fig. 9.—Slave with seat.

ground of the frieze. The cut (fig. 9), showing one of
the slaves of Cepheus carrying a stool with a cushion, is
taken from a vase in the British Museum, No. El 69.

No. 31 is another maiden, advancing slowly to the
right, bearing on her head a seat similar to that carried by
No. 30. The foremost leg of the seat still exists, being of
marble. The position of the hinder leg is marked by a
rivet hole. On each of these stools is a circular object,
probably a thick cushion. No. 31 is confronted by a large
and matronly woman (No. 32), who raises her right hand