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GREEK ANTIQUITIES. 
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bearing religious offerings, and under the guidance of officers or 
magistrates. 
On the North side of the building were Nos. 25-46, representing a 
long cavalcade of chariots and horsemen, and including among the 
latter the most beautiful examples of low relief which the ancients 
have left us. 
No. 47, representing two youthful horsemen, is the only slab from 
the West end of the temple. It is succeeded by fourteen casts 
(Nos. 48-61), taken from the remainder of the frieze at this end. 
The remaining reliefs (Nos. 62-90), which are from the South side, 
and in a very fragmentary condition, exhibit a procession moving in the 
opposite direction to that hitherto described, the two lines of figures 
having been so arranged as to meet at the East end. These reliefs 
represent horsemen, chariots, and victims led to sacrifice. 
The room also contains casts of a few isolated slabs from the 
frieze, which are still at Athens. 
Towards the South end of the room is the capital of one of the 
columns of the temple. 
Besides the remains of the Parthenon, the following miscel- 
laneous sculptures and casts are exhibited in this room : — 
On the East wall, above the frieze of the Parthenon, are 
some sculptures from the Temple of Wingless Victory at Athens. 
This building, which appears to have been nearly contemporary 
with the Parthenon, was probably designed to commemorate 
victories of the Athenians, both over the Persians and over 
rival Greek states. It was of Ionic architecture, and stood 
near the Propyleea of the Acropolis. 
The series consists, firstly, of four marble slabs, and a cast from a 
fifth slab, belonging to the upper frieze of the building, representing 
in high relief Athenian warriors combating with enemies, some in 
Asiatic, others in Greek costume; and secondly, of casts from four 
slabs belonging to the lower frieze, representing five figures of Victory, 
two of them leading a bull to sacrifice. These reliefs are in the finest 
style. 
On the same wall are some casts obtained by Lord Elgin 
from sculptures still decorating the Temple of Theseus at 
Athens, a building erected about twenty years earlier than 
the Parthenon, to commemorate the removal by Cimon of the 
bones of Theseus from Skyros to Athens. 
These casts (numbered 136-149) are from the external frieze of the 
temple, and represent, in high relief, a battle fought in the presence 
of si - seated divinities. 
