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96 CATALOGUE OF SCULPTURE.
325. sented as entering or leaving his chariot is an old problem
(cf. Pliny, H.N., xxxv., 59). It is, however, a matter of
experience that to descend, the foot is brought forward as
in slab xvii., while in ascending, the second foot is left
50. behind. On the right of this slab is an attendant (No. 50)
standing at the heads of the horses of the last chariot group.
The lower fragments of this slab are at Athens. That on
the right is a recent addition. The left-hand upper corner,
which was lost before the time of Stuart, was brought
home by Lord Elgin. The upper fragment next to it was
once in the possession of the Society of Dilettanti, and
was presented by that body. It had probably been
brought from Athens by Chandler (Stuart, 2nd ed., ii.,
p. 50, note 0).
The chariot group on slabs xxii., xxiii. (fig. 14) is XXIII.
n presented as standing still, and was probably the last
chariot in the procession. This slab is shorter than
any of the others containing chariot groups. Part of the
52. helmeted head of the apobates (No. 52) is supplied in
plaster. A fragment of an apobates, which may well
belong to the figure No. 52, has recently been fitted to
the left of slab xxiv., thus proving that No. xxiv. is the
first slab of the cavalry, and making it very probable that
No. xxiii. is the last slab of the chariots. This fragment,
incorrectly drawn, is assigned by Michaelis to slab xxviii.
of the south side.
54-109. From this point to the north-west angle of the frieze XXIV.-
we have a continuous procession of Athenian cavalry. XLII.
The horsemen advance in a loose throng, in which no
military division into ranks or troops, nor indeed any
settled order, can be made out. There is, however, a
certain measure of uniformity in the recurrence of a figure
riding on the left of a line abreast, who looks round as if
responsible for the progress of the cavalry (cf. Nos. 64,
72, 79, 87, [94], 105, in Michaelis, Nos. 88, 96, 103, 111,
325. sented as entering or leaving his chariot is an old problem
(cf. Pliny, H.N., xxxv., 59). It is, however, a matter of
experience that to descend, the foot is brought forward as
in slab xvii., while in ascending, the second foot is left
50. behind. On the right of this slab is an attendant (No. 50)
standing at the heads of the horses of the last chariot group.
The lower fragments of this slab are at Athens. That on
the right is a recent addition. The left-hand upper corner,
which was lost before the time of Stuart, was brought
home by Lord Elgin. The upper fragment next to it was
once in the possession of the Society of Dilettanti, and
was presented by that body. It had probably been
brought from Athens by Chandler (Stuart, 2nd ed., ii.,
p. 50, note 0).
The chariot group on slabs xxii., xxiii. (fig. 14) is XXIII.
n presented as standing still, and was probably the last
chariot in the procession. This slab is shorter than
any of the others containing chariot groups. Part of the
52. helmeted head of the apobates (No. 52) is supplied in
plaster. A fragment of an apobates, which may well
belong to the figure No. 52, has recently been fitted to
the left of slab xxiv., thus proving that No. xxiv. is the
first slab of the cavalry, and making it very probable that
No. xxiii. is the last slab of the chariots. This fragment,
incorrectly drawn, is assigned by Michaelis to slab xxviii.
of the south side.
54-109. From this point to the north-west angle of the frieze XXIV.-
we have a continuous procession of Athenian cavalry. XLII.
The horsemen advance in a loose throng, in which no
military division into ranks or troops, nor indeed any
settled order, can be made out. There is, however, a
certain measure of uniformity in the recurrence of a figure
riding on the left of a line abreast, who looks round as if
responsible for the progress of the cavalry (cf. Nos. 64,
72, 79, 87, [94], 105, in Michaelis, Nos. 88, 96, 103, 111,