The central figure turns towards Athenè, to whom her right arm was probably extended. Passing over the back of her head is a large mantle, which is also wrapped about the legs, and falls over the left arm. The male figure in the group probably looked to the right at the pair of combatants which follows next in order. He has a mantle twisted round his lower limbs and passing behind his back. His left hand rested on a sceptre held vertically, which has now been broken away. All these three figures wear sandals. The second Goddess may well be Hera, and in that case her male companion would probably be Zeus. Length, 4 feet 6 inches. _Mus. Marbles_, IX., pl. 13. [Sidenote: 3.] Combat of two warriors. The nude warrior on the left, armed with shield and helmet, presses forward to the attack; he probably held a sword in the right hand. His adversary, whose back is turned towards us, appears to be in retreat, but to be stopping to deliver a thrust, probably with a spear held in the right hand. His left arm must have held out a shield, of the rim of which a fragment remains, attached to the left thigh. His dress is a chiton _heteromaschalos_. On the right of the slab is seen the right foot of a warrior, belonging to the succeeding group, of which the British Museum possesses no cast. The warrior stretches out his shield to protect a wounded figure lying on the ground. Length, 2 feet 10 inches. _Mus. Marbles_, IX., pl. 14. For the missing group, see Stuart, III., ch. I., pl. 17; Overbeck, _Gr. Plast._, 3rd. ed., I., p. 348. [Sidenote: 4.] Part of the legs of the wounded warrior just referred to remains on the ground, on the left. Next on the right are two warriors moving to the right. Both these figures are nude, but very seriously mutilated. It is doubtful whether the figure on the left was armed with a shield, like his companion. His right foot is advanced and he is hurrying forward. Length, 2 feet 8 inches. _Mus. Marbles_, IX., pl. 14. [Sidenote: 5.]