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ROOM XV. 
AnTI-QUITIES. 
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 Pol¬ 
lux, Ceres and Triptolemus, Jupiter and Juno, 
and ^sculapius and Hygeia. There was origi¬ 
nally a third slab, which represented four other 
divinities, also seated, but it has disappeared for 
many years. On the right and left of these sa¬ 
cred characters, are trains of females with their 
faces directed to the gods, to whom they are car- 
rying 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 appear to have 
headed the procession, and to have been fol¬ 
lowed by the victims, charioteers, horsemen, &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 repre¬ 
sents two of the Metceci^ or strangers, who set¬ 
tled at Athens, and were allowed 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 repre¬ 
sents charioteers and horsemen. Among the lat¬ 
ter are seven slabs, succeeding each other in their 
original 
