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NORTH FEIEZE OF PARTHENON. 97
[118], 129). The groups, being very crowded, are carried
on from slab to slab continuously, while on the western
frieze the groups are always completed on single slabs.
The general effect of a body of horse in rapid movement
is admirably rendered in the composition of the northern
frieze, and is particularly fine in slabs xxxi.-xlii., in which
the effect has not been marred by mutilation. Through
the entire composition a wonderful fertility of invention
is shown, which prevents any monotonous repetitions,
while preserving the general uniformity required by the
subject. (See Plate IX. for slabs xxxvii., xxxviii.)
While the horses bound and prance with a fiery im-
patience, which seems at every moment ready to break
loose from all control, their irregular movements never
disturb the even hand and well-assured seat of the riders,
as the cavalcade dashes along like a torrent.
In this part of the frieze there is great variety in the
costumes and accoutrements of the horsemen. Crested
helmets are worn by Nos. 59, 92; flexible leather caps by
Nos. 84, 93, 96; a taenia by No. 97, and a petasos by
No. 105. Some figures wear high boots with flaps at the
knee as Nos. 82, 84, 86, 98, 103, etc., while others wear
boots without flaps as Nos. 90, 91, 92; a few have bare
feet, as Nos. 72, 87, 89. The usual dress is a sleeveless
chiton and a cloak. Some riders, however, wear a chiton
only, as Nos. 59, 60, 63, 72, &c, and others wear a cloak
only, as Nos. 64, 76, 79, 87, 94. It may be mentioned
that, according to Theophrastus, it. was a mark of the
man of small ambitions, when he took part in a cavalry
procession, to give all his garments to a slave to carry
home except only his cloak, in which he would display
himself, walking about the agora. The chiton may have
either one girdle, as No. 72, or two girdles, as Nos. 57,
59, &c. In a few instances it has long sleeves, as in
Nos. 73, 75, 80, 84, 97, 98, 109. Two riders wear a
[118], 129). The groups, being very crowded, are carried
on from slab to slab continuously, while on the western
frieze the groups are always completed on single slabs.
The general effect of a body of horse in rapid movement
is admirably rendered in the composition of the northern
frieze, and is particularly fine in slabs xxxi.-xlii., in which
the effect has not been marred by mutilation. Through
the entire composition a wonderful fertility of invention
is shown, which prevents any monotonous repetitions,
while preserving the general uniformity required by the
subject. (See Plate IX. for slabs xxxvii., xxxviii.)
While the horses bound and prance with a fiery im-
patience, which seems at every moment ready to break
loose from all control, their irregular movements never
disturb the even hand and well-assured seat of the riders,
as the cavalcade dashes along like a torrent.
In this part of the frieze there is great variety in the
costumes and accoutrements of the horsemen. Crested
helmets are worn by Nos. 59, 92; flexible leather caps by
Nos. 84, 93, 96; a taenia by No. 97, and a petasos by
No. 105. Some figures wear high boots with flaps at the
knee as Nos. 82, 84, 86, 98, 103, etc., while others wear
boots without flaps as Nos. 90, 91, 92; a few have bare
feet, as Nos. 72, 87, 89. The usual dress is a sleeveless
chiton and a cloak. Some riders, however, wear a chiton
only, as Nos. 59, 60, 63, 72, &c, and others wear a cloak
only, as Nos. 64, 76, 79, 87, 94. It may be mentioned
that, according to Theophrastus, it. was a mark of the
man of small ambitions, when he took part in a cavalry
procession, to give all his garments to a slave to carry
home except only his cloak, in which he would display
himself, walking about the agora. The chiton may have
either one girdle, as No. 72, or two girdles, as Nos. 57,
59, &c. In a few instances it has long sleeves, as in
Nos. 73, 75, 80, 84, 97, 98, 109. Two riders wear a