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ROOM XV. general character and appearance to the frieze on 
Antiquities. Opposite 01 * iiorth side. With respect to the 
victims^ we do not possess any that were on the north 
* side of the temple; but that they formed a part of 
the procession on that side, as well as on the south, 
cannot be doubted, since Stuart, in his celebrated 
work on Athens, has engraved a fragment of one 
of them. 
No. 63. A group of two of the Fates, from the^ 
east pediment of the Parthenon, on which was re¬ 
presented the birth of Minerv^a. Another figure 
in this collection (No. 67) is supposed to have 
been one of the Fates, and to have formed a part 
of the same group. 
No. 64. The upper part of the torso of Neptune, 
one of the principal figures in the west pediment of 
the Parthenon. Tlie subject of the sculptures re¬ 
presented on this pediment, was the contest be¬ 
tween Minerva and Neptune for the honour of giving 
name to the city of Athens. 
No. 65. Tlie upper part of the figure of Hype¬ 
rion rising out of the sea. His arms are stretched 
forward, in the act of holding the reins of his 
coursers. This figure, wdiich represents the ap¬ 
proach of day, is from the east pediment of the Par¬ 
thenon, where it occupied the angle on the left of 
the spectator. 
No. 66. The heads of two of the horses belong¬ 
ing to the car of Hyperion. They are just emerg- 
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