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THE iFEIEZB OF THE MAUSOLEUM.
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side (1013-1016) have been regarded as best satisfying
this test(Treu, Athenische Mittheilungen, 1881, p. 412). But
it has been pointed out that, judged by this, the charioteer
of the chariot frieze is more like the work of Scopas than
any part of the Amazon frieze (Murray, Gr. Sculpture,
2nd ed., ii., p. 296).
1006. This slab contains two groups; on the left two Greeks
are about to despatch an Amazon who has fallen on her
right knee, touching the ground with her right hand.
She looks round towards the Greek on the right, extending
her left arm, now partly wanting, towards his chin, as if to
entreat mercy. He stoops over her, about to strike, with
the sword held over his head. The other Greek, who is
pressing forward from the left, is armed with a Corinthian
crested helmet and a shield; he is beardless; his right
arm has been drawn back to strike; the position of the
hand, which probably held a spear, is marked by a
projection on the ground of the relief. The Amazon
wears a short chiton, girt at the waist; her hair is
gathered up into a roll behind; her right hand is clenched
and pierced to receive some weapon, probably a sword.
The other group on this slab consists of two figures, a
Greek on the left, and a mounted Amazon, whose horse,
turned to the right, is rearing up. She is evidently
wounded, and with her left hand clings for support to
her horse's neck, on which the fingers of the hand are
shown; her body is thrown back, and with her right
hand placed upon her antagonist's left side, she tries to
thrust him back. Her head is wanting, all but the
outline. Her chiton, girt at the waist, has slipped down,
leaving her right breast and side bare; between her left
hip and the horse's mane is a hole for the insertion of
some metallic object, probably the reins, which have
escaped from her hand. The right foreleg of the horse is
wanting, but the position of the hoof probably is indicated
2 H
99
side (1013-1016) have been regarded as best satisfying
this test(Treu, Athenische Mittheilungen, 1881, p. 412). But
it has been pointed out that, judged by this, the charioteer
of the chariot frieze is more like the work of Scopas than
any part of the Amazon frieze (Murray, Gr. Sculpture,
2nd ed., ii., p. 296).
1006. This slab contains two groups; on the left two Greeks
are about to despatch an Amazon who has fallen on her
right knee, touching the ground with her right hand.
She looks round towards the Greek on the right, extending
her left arm, now partly wanting, towards his chin, as if to
entreat mercy. He stoops over her, about to strike, with
the sword held over his head. The other Greek, who is
pressing forward from the left, is armed with a Corinthian
crested helmet and a shield; he is beardless; his right
arm has been drawn back to strike; the position of the
hand, which probably held a spear, is marked by a
projection on the ground of the relief. The Amazon
wears a short chiton, girt at the waist; her hair is
gathered up into a roll behind; her right hand is clenched
and pierced to receive some weapon, probably a sword.
The other group on this slab consists of two figures, a
Greek on the left, and a mounted Amazon, whose horse,
turned to the right, is rearing up. She is evidently
wounded, and with her left hand clings for support to
her horse's neck, on which the fingers of the hand are
shown; her body is thrown back, and with her right
hand placed upon her antagonist's left side, she tries to
thrust him back. Her head is wanting, all but the
outline. Her chiton, girt at the waist, has slipped down,
leaving her right breast and side bare; between her left
hip and the horse's mane is a hole for the insertion of
some metallic object, probably the reins, which have
escaped from her hand. The right foreleg of the horse is
wanting, but the position of the hoof probably is indicated
2 H