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GREEK SCULPTURES. 
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more careful examination and minute comparison of them with draw¬ 
ings made before their removal from the temple. Those on the prin¬ 
cipal front of the temple, namely the east, commence on the left hand 
of the visitor as he enters the room, then follow those of the north, and 
lastly those of the west and south. 
2. The Frieze. 
Nos. 17—24. That portion of the above-mentioned frieze which 
occupied the east end of the temple. On two of the slabs which com¬ 
pose this part of the frieze are represented divinities and deified heroes, 
seated ; namely, Castor and Pollux, Ceres and Triptolemus, Jupiter 
and Juno, Aesculapius and Hygeia. A third slab, which represented 
four other divinities, also seated, has been destroyed. On the right and 
left of these sacred characters are trains of females w r ith their faces 
directed to the gods, to w r hom they are carrying 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 fe¬ 
males 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 tw T o separate columns. Nos. 20 and 23 are casts in 
plaster, presented by Sir Francis Chantrey. The original of the latter 
is in the Royal Museum at Paris. The upper parts of two of the 
figures in No. 21, the legs and right arm of the youthful figure in 
No. 22, and the tw r o figures placed under the latter number, are also 
of plaster, from moulds made before the destruction of these figures, 
which took place before the marbles came into the possession of Lord 
Elgin. (16, 17, 18, 18*, 19, 20, A 100, 21.) 
Nos. 25—46. A portion of the same frieze, taken from the north 
side of the temple. No. 25 is a fragment of a much larger slab; it 
represents two of the Metceci , or strangers, who settled at Athens, and 
w 7 ere allowed to take part in the procession. They carry on their 
shoulders a kind of tray filled with cakes and other articles. The re¬ 
mainder of this part of the frieze represents charioteers and horsemen. 
Among the latter are seven slabs, (Nos. 37—43,) which, whether we 
consider the elegance of the compositions, or the spirit with wffiich 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. 46 having 
been placed at the south-west comer of the temple, the figure sculptured 
at the end of it belongs to that part of the procession which decorated 
the w r est end of the cella. It is repeated in plaster, that the whole of 
the western frieze may be seen by the spectator at one view. (22, 
24, 23, 34, 98, 177*, 35, 35*, 37, 178*, 36, 35**, 38, 25, 26, 27, 28, 
29, 30, 31, 38*, 32, 33.) The portions No. 25a, No. 25 e, No. 26 a, 
No. 26e, No. 61*, No. 62*, are casts from portions recently disco¬ 
vered at Athens. A fragment of slab (38) has been presented by 
J. H. Smith Barry , Esq., 1850. 
No. 47. A single slab of the frieze from the west end of the tem¬ 
ple. It represents two horsemen, one of whom is riding before the 
other, and seems to be in the act of urging his companion to quicken 
his pace. The direction of these figures is the same as that on the 
north side, namely, from right to left. (39.) 
