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CATALOGUE OF SCULPTURE.
On the short return face (&) of this slab a young nude
Greek advances to the right, protected by his shield, and
ready to thrust with his sword. His left foot is raised on
a rock.
On the left of this slab is an archer taking aim to the
left. As both arms are free, his shield must be slun<r
over the shoulder. Attached to the lower part of the
shield, and hanging down from it, is a piece of drapery
which falls nearly to the ankles of the archer, and which
would doubtless be a useful defence against arrows.
This hanging drapery is not infrequent on vases, and has
been taken to represent the Xaicrtfia iznouEv-a of Homer.
It occurs on the sarcophagi of Clazomenae in the First
Vase Boom (Terracotta Sarcophagi in the British Museum,
plates 2-5; Journ. of Hellen. Stud., 1883, pi. 31; of. AntiJce
Denhmaeler, i., pi. 44); and also on Lycian works such as
the tomb of Payava (No. 950), and the monument of Giol-
Baschi (Benndorf, Heroon, pi. 24, slab B 3). On a vase in
the British Museum (E 295; Millingen, Anc. lined. Mon.,
i., pi. 19; Gibson, Mus. Class. Antiq., i., p. 137) the apron is
shown to be attached by means of a metal bar riveted
to the lower edge of the shield. It seems clear, however,
that the Xairiiiov is an alternative to the circular shield,
and not an addition to it (cf. Homer, Iliad, v. 453 ; xii.
426; Herod, vii. 91; Michaelis, Ann. clelV Inst,, 1875,
p. 77; Helbig, Horn. Epos, p. 234). It was probably a
light shield made of leather. According to Beichel (Horn,
Waffen, p. 65), it was merely a hide. The apron shown
here seems to correspond better to the orpw^ara suspended
from a shield (Ar., Ach., 1124, 1136 ; Michaelis, I.e., p. 78).
Next the archer is a young warrior on a horse, rearing
to the left, and a bearded hoplito, who thrusts his spear
to the right, advancing at the same time. These two
figures are among the most fully armed of the frieze.
The horseman has the cuirass of a hoplite, but no shield.
CATALOGUE OF SCULPTURE.
On the short return face (&) of this slab a young nude
Greek advances to the right, protected by his shield, and
ready to thrust with his sword. His left foot is raised on
a rock.
On the left of this slab is an archer taking aim to the
left. As both arms are free, his shield must be slun<r
over the shoulder. Attached to the lower part of the
shield, and hanging down from it, is a piece of drapery
which falls nearly to the ankles of the archer, and which
would doubtless be a useful defence against arrows.
This hanging drapery is not infrequent on vases, and has
been taken to represent the Xaicrtfia iznouEv-a of Homer.
It occurs on the sarcophagi of Clazomenae in the First
Vase Boom (Terracotta Sarcophagi in the British Museum,
plates 2-5; Journ. of Hellen. Stud., 1883, pi. 31; of. AntiJce
Denhmaeler, i., pi. 44); and also on Lycian works such as
the tomb of Payava (No. 950), and the monument of Giol-
Baschi (Benndorf, Heroon, pi. 24, slab B 3). On a vase in
the British Museum (E 295; Millingen, Anc. lined. Mon.,
i., pi. 19; Gibson, Mus. Class. Antiq., i., p. 137) the apron is
shown to be attached by means of a metal bar riveted
to the lower edge of the shield. It seems clear, however,
that the Xairiiiov is an alternative to the circular shield,
and not an addition to it (cf. Homer, Iliad, v. 453 ; xii.
426; Herod, vii. 91; Michaelis, Ann. clelV Inst,, 1875,
p. 77; Helbig, Horn. Epos, p. 234). It was probably a
light shield made of leather. According to Beichel (Horn,
Waffen, p. 65), it was merely a hide. The apron shown
here seems to correspond better to the orpw^ara suspended
from a shield (Ar., Ach., 1124, 1136 ; Michaelis, I.e., p. 78).
Next the archer is a young warrior on a horse, rearing
to the left, and a bearded hoplito, who thrusts his spear
to the right, advancing at the same time. These two
figures are among the most fully armed of the frieze.
The horseman has the cuirass of a hoplite, but no shield.