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sculptures represented on this pediment was 
the contest between Minerva and Neptune for 
the honour of giving name to the city of Athens. 
No. 65. The upper part of the figure of Hy¬ 
perion rising out of the sea. His arms ^re 
stretched forward, in the act of holding the 
reins of his coursers. This figure, which repre¬ 
sents the approach of Day, is from the east pe¬ 
diment of the Parthenon, where it occupied the 
angle on the left of the spectator. 
No. 66. The heads of two of the horses be¬ 
longing to the car of Hyperion. They are just 
emerging from the waves, and seem impatient 
to run their course. From the east pediment 
of the Parthenon. 
No. 67. A female figure, in a sitting posture, 
also from the east pediment of the Parthenon. 
This is supposed to be one of the Sister Fates, 
• and to have formed part of the group already 
described under No. 63, 
No. 68. The head of one of the horses belong¬ 
ing to the chariot of Night, which was repre¬ 
sented plunging into the ocean on the right 
angle of the east pediment of the Parthenon, 
that is to say, the right angle in reference to 
the spectator. The car of Day has been already 
described, as it was represented rising out of the 
waters on the opposite angle of the same pedi¬ 
ment (Nos. 65, 66). 
No. 69. The torso of Victoria Apteros, or 
Victory without wings, who was represented in 
this 
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