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Antiquities. 
the north, and lastly those of the west and south ; 
they are arranged, in short, in the same manner 
in which they would be seen by the spectator 
who approached the temple by the east, and 
walked round it by the north, west, and south. 
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 uDsculapius 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 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— SS, 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 
two of the Metceci^ or strangers, who settled at 
Athens, and were allowed to take part in the 
procession. 
