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SOUTH FEIEZE OP PAETHENON. Ill
figures in the chariot. In this group the marshal at the
side of the chariot is wanting. On the right-hand edge of
this slab, just above the horses' forelegs and close to the
joint, is part of the outline of a shield. This shield must
have belonged to one of the figures in the chariot follow-
ing on the next slab; it is evident, therefore, that on the
right of xxix. was another slab, now lost. The two (xxix.
and its companion) were not drawn by Carrey, but must
be inserted at this point, where alone he indicates a gap
in the sequence of chariots.
66. The armed figure (No. 66) wears the Corinthian helmet, XXX.
which does not often occur on the frieze. The handle
of his shield was of bronze, of which a small portion still
remains in the rivet hole. Other rivet holes on the crests
of the horses show that the reins and the pin for attach-
ing the yoke to the pole were also of bronze. Here, as in
xxix., the marshal is wanting. The horses' heads, which
are treated with more freedom on this slab than elsewhere
on the frieze, are of extraordinary beauty (cf. Buskin,
Aratra Pentelici, pi. xiii., p. 174).
On slab xxxi., as in the preceding, the reins and the XXXI,
pin were of bronze.
Slabs xxxii.-xxxiv. are now wholly lost, except in XXXII.-
Carrey's drawings. They contained two chariots, both XXXIV
at a standstill, or moving slowly, and the four last persons
of the crowd on foot.
Slabs xxxv., xxxvi., and part of slab xxxvii. contained XXXV.-
the remainder of the persons on foot. Fragments of XXXVI
xxxv. and of xxxvi. (original at Athens) alone remain,
although the slabs were complete in the time of Carrey.
The figures as he draws them appear to be elderly men,
eighteen in number, and resembling in attire and general
character the Thallophori who have been already noticed
on the northern frieze. All are clad in the himation.
72. Michaelis thinks that No. 72 holds in his left hand a
figures in the chariot. In this group the marshal at the
side of the chariot is wanting. On the right-hand edge of
this slab, just above the horses' forelegs and close to the
joint, is part of the outline of a shield. This shield must
have belonged to one of the figures in the chariot follow-
ing on the next slab; it is evident, therefore, that on the
right of xxix. was another slab, now lost. The two (xxix.
and its companion) were not drawn by Carrey, but must
be inserted at this point, where alone he indicates a gap
in the sequence of chariots.
66. The armed figure (No. 66) wears the Corinthian helmet, XXX.
which does not often occur on the frieze. The handle
of his shield was of bronze, of which a small portion still
remains in the rivet hole. Other rivet holes on the crests
of the horses show that the reins and the pin for attach-
ing the yoke to the pole were also of bronze. Here, as in
xxix., the marshal is wanting. The horses' heads, which
are treated with more freedom on this slab than elsewhere
on the frieze, are of extraordinary beauty (cf. Buskin,
Aratra Pentelici, pi. xiii., p. 174).
On slab xxxi., as in the preceding, the reins and the XXXI,
pin were of bronze.
Slabs xxxii.-xxxiv. are now wholly lost, except in XXXII.-
Carrey's drawings. They contained two chariots, both XXXIV
at a standstill, or moving slowly, and the four last persons
of the crowd on foot.
Slabs xxxv., xxxvi., and part of slab xxxvii. contained XXXV.-
the remainder of the persons on foot. Fragments of XXXVI
xxxv. and of xxxvi. (original at Athens) alone remain,
although the slabs were complete in the time of Carrey.
The figures as he draws them appear to be elderly men,
eighteen in number, and resembling in attire and general
character the Thallophori who have been already noticed
on the northern frieze. All are clad in the himation.
72. Michaelis thinks that No. 72 holds in his left hand a