Smith, Arthur H.; British Museum <London> / Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities [Editor]: A Catalogue of the sculptures of the Parthenon, in the British Museum (London, 1900)

SOUTH FBIEZE OF PARTHENON. 105

marshal (No. 1) stands at the angle; the first horseman
(No. 2) advances at a walk, thus conforming to the rule
that the movement is always gentle at an angle of the
frieze. The horsemen of this slab all wear chiton,
chlamys, boots, and a leather cap with a flap hanging
over the nape of the neck.

Slab ii. is cast from the original on the Parthenon, II.
6-7. which is in a very mutilated condition (cf. No. 345, 16).
Of No. 7 nothing now remains on this slab, but a bit of
his drapery, and on slab iii. his right foot and his horse's III.
nose and forelegs. Slab iii. was complete on the left edge

Fig. 16.—Slab iii., from Feodor.

in the time of Feodor, who gives the head and forehand of
8-9. the horse of No. 7 (fig. 16). The horseman (No. 8) wears a
chlamys only, which is cast back so as to show the entire
right side of the body. This is the only figure on the
south frieze who is so little clad.
10-12. On slab iv., the greater part of which still remains on IV.
the Parthenon, are the remains of three figures (Nos. 10,
11, 12). On the right side are two fragments of this
slab, brought away by Lord Elgin, one of which only is
given by Michaelis. The other has been since discovered
in the magazines of the Museum.

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