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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. (11, 2, 8, 12, 15, 6, 4, 
5, 13, 7, 1, 3, 9, 14, 10.) 
The sculptures from 17 to 90 (inclusive) compose 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 procession 
which took place at the great Panatheneea, a festival 
which was celebrated every fifth year, at Athens, in 
honour of Minerva, the patroness of the city. The 
bas-reliefs which compose this frieze are arranged, as 
nearly as can be ascertained, in the order in which 
they were originally placed in the Parthenon ; several 
alterations having been made on their removal to their 
present situation, in consequence of a more careful 
examination and minute comparison of them with 
drawings made before their removal from the temple. 
Those on the principal 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. 
No. 17—24. That portion of the above-mentioned 
frieze which occupied the east end of the temple. Oil 
two of the slabs which compose this part of the frieze 
are represented divinities and deified heroes, seated; 
namely, Castor and Pollux, Ceres and Triptolemus, 
Jupiter and Juno, and .dEsculapius and Hygeia. There 
was originally a third slab, which represented four 
other divinities, also seated, but it has disappeared for 
many years. On the right and left of these sacred 
characters, are trains of females w ith their faces directed 
to the gods, to whom 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 
ROOM XV. 
Antiquities. 
