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of the frieze of the Proiiaos, and which was con- room xv. 
tinned in an uninterrupted series of sculpture en- antiquities. 
tirely round the temple. It is In very low' relief. 
The subject represents the sacred procession which 
took place at the great Panatheneea, a festival which 
was celebrated every fifth year, at Athens, in honour 
of Minerva, the patroness of the city. The bas- 
reliefs which compose this frieze are arranged as 
nearly as it could be ascertained, and was compa¬ 
tible with the construction of the present room, in 
the same order as they were originally placed in the 
Parthenon. Those on the principal front of the 
temple, namely the east, are placed first, then fol¬ 
low those of the north, and lastly those of the 
west and south: they are arranged, in short, in the 
same manner in which they v^^ould be seen by the 
spectator who approached the temple by the east, 
and walked round it by the north, west, and south. 
No. 15*—21. That portion of the above-men¬ 
tioned frieze which occupied the east end of the 
temple. On two of the slabs which compose this 
part of the frieze are represented divinities and 
deified heroes, seated; namely. Castor and Pollux, 
Ceres and Triptolemus, Jupiter and Juno, and Aes¬ 
culapius and Hygeia. There was originally a third 
slab, which represented four other divinities also 
seated, but it has disappeared for many years. On 
the right and left of these sacred characters, are 
trains of females with their faces directed to the 
K 2 gods. 
