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82 CATALOGUE OF SCULPTUKE.
324.
Fig. 10.—East frieze of the Parthenon, Nos. 39-41.
42-45. On the right of the gods is a group of four figures cor-
responding to the five (Nos. 18-22) on the left. One of
these (No. 43) is young and beardless; the rest are
elderly, and all have staffs and mantles. These four
figures are leaning on their staffs, and three of them are
looking towards the advancing procession, while the
fourth (No. 45) turns his hack to it and appears to he
conversing with his companions.
46. The next figure (No. 46) is an officer more immediately
concerned with the procession. It is evident from the
way in which his head is thrown back and his arm raised
that he is not addressing the group beside him, but is
making a signal to some person at a considerable dis-
tance. He may be supposed to be making a signal to
the southern half of the procession, and thus helps the
spectator to keep the two parts connected together in his
47. mind. The next figure (No. 47), a similar officer, stands
facing the advancing maidens.
Slab vi., which was complete in Carrey's time, has since suffered
greatly, and the parts now exhibited have been combined from
several sources. At some unknown period the slab was broken
through No. 40, much of No. 40 being destroyed. The original
fragment, with the figures Nos. 37-39, is now at Athens. It
was found in 1836 under the East end of the Temple. Since
the cast in the Museum was made, parts of the right hand and
right foot of Poseidon have been injured {Trans, of S. Son. of
324.
Fig. 10.—East frieze of the Parthenon, Nos. 39-41.
42-45. On the right of the gods is a group of four figures cor-
responding to the five (Nos. 18-22) on the left. One of
these (No. 43) is young and beardless; the rest are
elderly, and all have staffs and mantles. These four
figures are leaning on their staffs, and three of them are
looking towards the advancing procession, while the
fourth (No. 45) turns his hack to it and appears to he
conversing with his companions.
46. The next figure (No. 46) is an officer more immediately
concerned with the procession. It is evident from the
way in which his head is thrown back and his arm raised
that he is not addressing the group beside him, but is
making a signal to some person at a considerable dis-
tance. He may be supposed to be making a signal to
the southern half of the procession, and thus helps the
spectator to keep the two parts connected together in his
47. mind. The next figure (No. 47), a similar officer, stands
facing the advancing maidens.
Slab vi., which was complete in Carrey's time, has since suffered
greatly, and the parts now exhibited have been combined from
several sources. At some unknown period the slab was broken
through No. 40, much of No. 40 being destroyed. The original
fragment, with the figures Nos. 37-39, is now at Athens. It
was found in 1836 under the East end of the Temple. Since
the cast in the Museum was made, parts of the right hand and
right foot of Poseidon have been injured {Trans, of S. Son. of