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No. 1—23. Bas-reliefs, representing the battle 
of the Centaurs and Lapithae, and the combat be¬ 
tween the Greeks and Amazons ; they were found 
in the ruins of the temple of Apollo “ Ejpicurius” 
(or the deliverer) built on mount Cotylion, at a 
little distance from the ancient city of Phigalia in 
Arcadia. These bas-reliefs composed the frieze 
in the interior of the Celia. The battle of the 
Centaurs and Lapithm is sculptured on eleven 
slabs of marble. (1—11). That of the Greeks 
and Amazons occupies twelve. (12—23). The 
direction of the slabs belonging to the former 
subject, was from right to left; that of the latter, 
from left to right: and it was probably the inten¬ 
tion of the sculptor by this contrivance, that the 
commencement of each contest should meet the 
eye of the spectator at one point of view on his 
entrance into the temple, and that the termina¬ 
tions of both combats should be presented to him 
in like manner, on his departure from the temple. 
A circumstance which adds very much to the 
interest of these marbles, is our knowledge of the 
precise time when they were executed, for Pausa- 
nias, in his description of this temple, informs us 
that it was built by Ictinus, an architect who was 
contemporary with Pericles, and who built the 
Parthenon at Athens. 
No. 24. A fragment of a Doric capital of one of 
the columns of the Peristyle. From the same temple. 
No. 25. 
ROOM XIV. 
ANTlQUil IB*. 
