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THE FRIEZE OF THE MAUSOLEUM.
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her. A coif, broader at the back, seems to have been,
wound round her head. On her left arm are the pelta
and a ehlamys. She wears the split chiton, which leaves
the left thigh bare.
The other group on this slab represents a combat
between a mounted Amazon, advancing from the right,
against a Greek, who draws back to the left, holding out
his shield to repel the forefeet of her rearing horse. Over
his right shoulder passes a shoulder-belt, and on the
inside of his shield is the end of a scabbard. The Amazon
has her right hand drawn back to thrust with a spear.
Her left rests on the horse's neck; her long hair, tied
behind, floats behind her head. She wears a short chiton,
girt at the waist and reaching to near the knees, and
under it a jerkin with sleeves, and a ehlamys. On the
extreme right is the right leg of a male figure advancing
to the right, which is cut off by the joint, and has been
continued on the next slab, now wanting.
Length, 6 feet 7J inches. Mon. dell' Inst., V., pi. 19, fig. ii.; Annali
dell' Inst, 1850, p. 299; Overbeck, Gr. Plastik, 4th ed., II.,
fig. 171, ser. II., 1, 2; Antike Venkmaelcr, II., pi. 17, slab ziv.
The slabs that follow (Nos. 1013-1016) were found
together on the eastern side of the quadrangle, that is, on
the side assigned by Pliny to Scopas.
1013. On the left of this slab is a mutilated group, partly
broken away. A mounted Amazon, in a split chiton,
rides down a fallen warrior and at the same time makes
a spear-thrust. Of the warrior only the left thigh
remains.
On the right a young Greek has fallen into a defensive
attitude on his left knee, and holds out his shield to
receive the stroke of a standing Amazon's axe. The left
leg of the warrior is an example of bold foreshortening.
The apparent inequality in the lengths of the thighs is
105
her. A coif, broader at the back, seems to have been,
wound round her head. On her left arm are the pelta
and a ehlamys. She wears the split chiton, which leaves
the left thigh bare.
The other group on this slab represents a combat
between a mounted Amazon, advancing from the right,
against a Greek, who draws back to the left, holding out
his shield to repel the forefeet of her rearing horse. Over
his right shoulder passes a shoulder-belt, and on the
inside of his shield is the end of a scabbard. The Amazon
has her right hand drawn back to thrust with a spear.
Her left rests on the horse's neck; her long hair, tied
behind, floats behind her head. She wears a short chiton,
girt at the waist and reaching to near the knees, and
under it a jerkin with sleeves, and a ehlamys. On the
extreme right is the right leg of a male figure advancing
to the right, which is cut off by the joint, and has been
continued on the next slab, now wanting.
Length, 6 feet 7J inches. Mon. dell' Inst., V., pi. 19, fig. ii.; Annali
dell' Inst, 1850, p. 299; Overbeck, Gr. Plastik, 4th ed., II.,
fig. 171, ser. II., 1, 2; Antike Venkmaelcr, II., pi. 17, slab ziv.
The slabs that follow (Nos. 1013-1016) were found
together on the eastern side of the quadrangle, that is, on
the side assigned by Pliny to Scopas.
1013. On the left of this slab is a mutilated group, partly
broken away. A mounted Amazon, in a split chiton,
rides down a fallen warrior and at the same time makes
a spear-thrust. Of the warrior only the left thigh
remains.
On the right a young Greek has fallen into a defensive
attitude on his left knee, and holds out his shield to
receive the stroke of a standing Amazon's axe. The left
leg of the warrior is an example of bold foreshortening.
The apparent inequality in the lengths of the thighs is