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ROOM XV. 
Antiquities. 
gods, to whom thoy are carrying gifts; we see also 
directors or regulators of the procession, among 
whom are the officers whose duty it was to receive 
the presents that were offered. These females ap¬ 
pear to have headed the procession, and to have 
been followed by the victims, charioteers, horse¬ 
men, &c., both on the north and south sides of the 
temple, which together formed a procession up to 
the same point in two separate columns. 
No. 22—33. A portion of the same frieze, taken 
from the north side of the temple. No. 22 is a 
fragment of a much larger slab; it represents two 
of the Metceci^ or strangers, that settled at Athens, 
and who were allow’ed to take part in the procession. 
They carry on their shoulders a kind of tray filled 
with cakes and other articles. The remainder of 
this part of the frieze represents charioteers and 
horsemen. Among the latter are seven slabs which 
succeed each other in their original order, and 
wffiich, whether w^e consider the elegance of the 
compositions, or the spirit with which the figures 
of the men and horses are executed, present us 
with the highest effort of the art of sculpture in the 
class of low relief. 
No. 34—38. Seven slabs of the frieze from the 
north side of the temple; they ought to have been 
introduced, if the room would have permitted it, 
between Nos. 24 and 25. Three of these slabs re¬ 
present charioteers, and two of them horsemen. 
No. 38*. 
