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ROOM XV. 
Antiquities. 
were offered. These females appear to have 
headed the procession, and to have been followed 
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 represents i 
two of the Metceci , or strangers, who settled 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 represents 
charioteers and horsemen. Among the latter 
are seven slabs, succeeding each other in their 
original order, and which, whether we consider 
the elegance of the compositions, or the spirit i 
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. Five slabs of the frieze from the 
north side of the temple; they ought to have 
been introduced, if the room would have permit¬ 
ted it, between Nos. 24 and 25. Three of these 
slabs represent charioteers, and two of them 
horsemen. 
No. 38 # . A single slab of the north frieze 
which serves to fill up a chasm between Nos. 31 
and 32, and to complete the series from No. 25 
to 33 inclusive. 
Nos. 38* # , 
