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WEST FRIEZE OF PARTHENON. 101
is mainly in course of preparation, and the scene may be
supposed to be laid in the Cerameicos. In part, doubtless,
on account of the character of the subject, on this side of
the frieze there is less continuity of composition than else-
where. The subjects are disconnected, and are composed
as single slabs, though sometimes a hoof or a tail is carried
over a joint. There is the same variety of dress and
accoutrements here as among the riders of the north side;
but there are more figures in armour (Nos. 3, 7,11, 12, 18,
20). It may be noted, as showing that the west and
north sides were produced by different hands or at
different times, that on the west side the bridles were fixed
to the heads of the horses by four rivet holes, not by two,
as on the north.
Slabs i., ii. are originals brought by Lord Elgin. The
remainder of this side (with the exception of No. 27) is
cast from the original slabs, which are still in position on
the temple.
Two sets of casts of this frieze are exhibited in parallel
lines. The upper series is taken from moulds made from
the original marble in 1872 ; the lower series from moulds
made at Athens, at the time of Lord Elgin's mission. A
comparison of these two sets of casts shows how much
the frieze has suffered from exposure to weather during
seventy years (cf. Arch. Zeit., 1872, p. 31). A careful
comparison of large scale photographs taken in 1897 with
the casts made in 1872, shows further lamentable injuries.
1. The single figure (No. 1) at the north-west angle is I.
evidently a herald or marshal directing the march of
the cavalry. In like manner Hippias, or, according to
Aristotle, Hipparchos, was in the outer Cerameicos,
" arranging how each part of the Panathenaic procession
ought to go forward," when he was attacked by Harmodios
and Aristogeiton. (Thuc. vi., 57; Aristotle, 'A 8. ttoX. ed.
Kenyon, 18.) His right hand probably held a staff of office,
is mainly in course of preparation, and the scene may be
supposed to be laid in the Cerameicos. In part, doubtless,
on account of the character of the subject, on this side of
the frieze there is less continuity of composition than else-
where. The subjects are disconnected, and are composed
as single slabs, though sometimes a hoof or a tail is carried
over a joint. There is the same variety of dress and
accoutrements here as among the riders of the north side;
but there are more figures in armour (Nos. 3, 7,11, 12, 18,
20). It may be noted, as showing that the west and
north sides were produced by different hands or at
different times, that on the west side the bridles were fixed
to the heads of the horses by four rivet holes, not by two,
as on the north.
Slabs i., ii. are originals brought by Lord Elgin. The
remainder of this side (with the exception of No. 27) is
cast from the original slabs, which are still in position on
the temple.
Two sets of casts of this frieze are exhibited in parallel
lines. The upper series is taken from moulds made from
the original marble in 1872 ; the lower series from moulds
made at Athens, at the time of Lord Elgin's mission. A
comparison of these two sets of casts shows how much
the frieze has suffered from exposure to weather during
seventy years (cf. Arch. Zeit., 1872, p. 31). A careful
comparison of large scale photographs taken in 1897 with
the casts made in 1872, shows further lamentable injuries.
1. The single figure (No. 1) at the north-west angle is I.
evidently a herald or marshal directing the march of
the cavalry. In like manner Hippias, or, according to
Aristotle, Hipparchos, was in the outer Cerameicos,
" arranging how each part of the Panathenaic procession
ought to go forward," when he was attacked by Harmodios
and Aristogeiton. (Thuc. vi., 57; Aristotle, 'A 8. ttoX. ed.
Kenyon, 18.) His right hand probably held a staff of office,