Of the fourth chariot group, which was also drawn by Carrey, we
have only the mutilated group to which the charioteer (No. 38) and
an apobates (No. 39) belong; this is made up of four fragments,
of which the originals were found at Athens in 1837. In this group
the apobates (No. 39) stands in the chariot, looking back to
the chariot following so closely that the forelegs of the horses
actually overlap this group. Here also the wheel was in part
completely free from the ground of the relief.
[Rightnote: XVII.]
[Sidenote: 41.]
[Sidenote: 42.]
From Carrey's sketch we know that the chariot on slab xvii. was
drawn by the horses, which occupied slab xvi., and whose hoofs are
seen on slab xv., and that this was the fifth chariot group. The
apobates (No. 41) of this chariot leans back, supporting himself
by the right hand, which grasped the chariot rail (_antyx_), and
is about to step off the chariot. The marshal (No. 42) steps back
to the left, looking in the contrary direction; his left arm,
muffled in his mantle, is raised as a signal to the advancing
throng; his right arm is also raised; the hand, now wanting, was
just above the level of the head. His animated action forms a
strong contrast to the still, calm attitude of the marshal (No.
43) of the following group.
Slab xvii. is cast from the original, which was drawn at Athens
by Stuart, and, having been buried on the Acropolis, was
re-discovered there in 1833. The right side of this slab is broken
away, but there can be no doubt that it comes next to slab xviii.
A photograph from the original is reproduced in Baumeister,
_Denkmaeler_, p. 1186, fig. 1388.
[Rightnote: XVIII.]
[Sidenote: 43.]
[Sidenote: 44-45.]
In slab xviii. have been three figures. The marshal (No. 43)
stands beside the horses, in a calmer attitude than is usual in
this part of the frieze; of the apobates (No. 45) nothing remains
but his right arm and leg; and the lower part of his drapery,
which indicates rapid movement. Of the charioteer (No. 44), we
have only the lower part of the body and hands.
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