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triglyphs, ornamented the frieze of the entabla- room xv, 
ture surmounting the colonnade: they represent Antiquities. 
the battle between the Centaurs and Lapithae, 
or rather between the Centaurs and Athenians, 
who under Theseus joined the Lapithae (a peo¬ 
ple of Thessaly) in this contest. In some of 
these sculptures the Centaurs are victorious, in 
others the Athenians have the advantage, while in 
others again, the victory seems doubtful with re¬ 
spect to either of the combatants. These magnifi¬ 
cent specimens of ancient art are executed with 
great spirit, in alto-relievo: they were seen at a 
height of nearly forty-four feet from the ground. 
No. 16. A plaster cast of the Metope, No. 7. 
No. 15^—62. The exterior frieze of the Celia 
of the Parthenon, which embellished the upper 
part of the walls, within the colonnade at the 
height of the frieze of the Pronaos, and which 
was continued in an uninterrupted series of 
sculpture entirely round the temple. It is in very 
low relief. The subject represents the sacred pro¬ 
cession which took place at the great Panathe- 
nasa, a festival which was celebrated every fifth 
year, at Athens, in honour of Minerva, the patron¬ 
ess of the city. The bas-reliefs which compose 
this frieze are arranged as nearly as it could be 
ascertained, and was compatible with the construc¬ 
tion of the present room, in the same order as they 
were originally placed in the Parthenon. Those 
on the principal front of the temple, namely 
the east, are placed first, then follow those of 
the 
