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WEST FBIEZE OF PARTHENON. 103
the side of a rearing horse, trying to control him. The
violence of the action is shown by the muscular strain,
and the disordered dress of this figure, who wears a
chiton, leaving one shoulder bare, and a chlamys flying
behind his back. On his head is a leathern cap. The
attire of this figure is similar to that of No. 8 and
16-21. No. 19. Then follow six mounted figures (Nos. 16-21), IX.-XI.
all moving rapidly to the left. One of these (No. 17)
wears the petasos, a flapping, broad-brimmed hat used by
travellers. The cast inserted at the corner of slab ix. was
formerly attached by error to slab xxxiv. of the north
frieze. The fragment was already missing from its place
in the time of Carrey. From No. 22 onward to the south-
west angle, none of the figures are mounted. The first
group (Nos. 22-24) is not unlike that already described XII
22. (Nos. 4-6). A youth (No. 22) stands at the horse's head,
and seems to be holding the reins. At the side of the
horse stands a taller figure (No. 23), holding up his right
hand as if giving an order to a person at some little
distance. In his left hand he holds a wand, which is
expressed in marble, but was prolonged in bronze at each
end, as shown by rivet holes in the original marble.
This figure seems to be a marshal, though his dress, a
chiton girt at the waist and a chlamys, differs from
that of all the other marshals on the frieze, while it
frequently occurs among the riders. Behind the horse is
24. a youth (No. 24) who, from his stature and attitude, is
a groom or attendant; a thick garment is cast over his
25. shoulders. Next is a much mutilated figure (No. 25), XIII.
who seems to be pressing his right foot against the heel
of his horse's right foreleg to make him extend himself
so as to lower his back for mounting. The whole of the
middle of this slab has been split away since the time of
Lord Elgin. Behind this figure (No. 25) a horse springs
26. forward, free from the control of his rider (No. 26), who XIV.
the side of a rearing horse, trying to control him. The
violence of the action is shown by the muscular strain,
and the disordered dress of this figure, who wears a
chiton, leaving one shoulder bare, and a chlamys flying
behind his back. On his head is a leathern cap. The
attire of this figure is similar to that of No. 8 and
16-21. No. 19. Then follow six mounted figures (Nos. 16-21), IX.-XI.
all moving rapidly to the left. One of these (No. 17)
wears the petasos, a flapping, broad-brimmed hat used by
travellers. The cast inserted at the corner of slab ix. was
formerly attached by error to slab xxxiv. of the north
frieze. The fragment was already missing from its place
in the time of Carrey. From No. 22 onward to the south-
west angle, none of the figures are mounted. The first
group (Nos. 22-24) is not unlike that already described XII
22. (Nos. 4-6). A youth (No. 22) stands at the horse's head,
and seems to be holding the reins. At the side of the
horse stands a taller figure (No. 23), holding up his right
hand as if giving an order to a person at some little
distance. In his left hand he holds a wand, which is
expressed in marble, but was prolonged in bronze at each
end, as shown by rivet holes in the original marble.
This figure seems to be a marshal, though his dress, a
chiton girt at the waist and a chlamys, differs from
that of all the other marshals on the frieze, while it
frequently occurs among the riders. Behind the horse is
24. a youth (No. 24) who, from his stature and attitude, is
a groom or attendant; a thick garment is cast over his
25. shoulders. Next is a much mutilated figure (No. 25), XIII.
who seems to be pressing his right foot against the heel
of his horse's right foreleg to make him extend himself
so as to lower his back for mounting. The whole of the
middle of this slab has been split away since the time of
Lord Elgin. Behind this figure (No. 25) a horse springs
26. forward, free from the control of his rider (No. 26), who XIV.