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Page 8^. Head of one of the horses of Selene, 

 the moon goddess, from the eastern pedmient of 

 the Parthenon, now in the British Museum. From 

 a photograph in Brunn's " Denkmaler Griechischer 

 und Romischer Skulptur," lief. 38. On the eyes, 

 see p. 83 ; on the mane, p. 95 i and on the Bu- 

 cephalus type of the head, p. 125. 



Page 89. From the frieze of the Parthenon, as 

 engraved in '' Ancient Marbles in the British 

 Museum," viii, pi. 18, and edited by Hawkins. 

 This group affords a most perfect idea of the type 

 of horse approved by Xenophon (see p. 89). I 

 have remarked, at the end of note 46 (p. 143), 

 upon the soothing gesture of the second rider; 

 every foot of his horse is raised from the ground. 

 The third rider is one of the few on the frieze that 

 wear the cuirass (note 59, p. 150) ; he has also a 

 helmet of the Attic type with folding cheek-pieces 

 (note 61, p. 152), and wears boots (p. 67). But 

 the fifth rider and horse are the best of all ; I 

 quote Hawkins here : " Nothing can exceed the 

 vigour, the Hfe, the animation which pervades the 

 whole horse, bounding from the earth with 

 the very exuberance of animal spirits ; the mus- 

 cular power and elasticity with which he springs 

 from the ground is admirably expressed, as are 

 also the playful pawings of the forelegs and the 

 animated expression of lively impatience in the 

 muscles and positions of the head and neck. Nor 



