Length, 4 feet 4-3/4 inches. _Synopsis_, No. 17; _Mus. Marbles_,
IV., pl. 17; Stackelberg, pl. 13; Brunn, _Denkmaeler_, No. 87.
[Sidenote: =535.=]
An unarmed Amazon has taken refuge at an altar; a Greek has seized her
by the hair, and tries to drag her away. The Amazon resists using her
weight, and both arms. The Greek had a sword in his right hand.
On the right a Greek and Amazon are engaged in hand to hand combat,
extending their shields and engaged in fence with their swords. The
drapery of the Amazon is treated as on the two last slabs.
Length, 4 feet 6-3/4 inches. _Synopsis_, No. 22; _Mus. Marbles_,
IV., pl. 22; Stackelberg, pl. 16; Brunn, _Denkmaeler_, No. 86.
[Sidenote: =536.=]
A large part of the group on the left is wanting. The Greek appears to
be dragging the fallen Amazon by the hair, and at the same time to be
treading her down with his right foot. With both hands she tries to
free herself from the grasp of the Greek. On the right, a Greek has
fallen on his knees and holds up his shield as a defence against the
victorious Amazon, whose right hand and sword are raised to strike.
Length, 4 feet 6-3/4 inches. _Synopsis_, No. 15; _Mus. Marbles_,
IV., pl. 15; Stackelberg, pl. 12.
[Sidenote: =537.=]
An Amazon is disarmed, and has fallen to the ground. She stretches out
her right hand, as if in entreaty to a Greek who treads with his left
foot on her knee, and is about to thrust with his sword. A second
Greek approaches from the left. On the right an Amazon strides quickly
forward to help her companion, and is about to strike the Greek.
Length, 4 feet 4-3/4 inches. _Synopsis_, No. 21; _Mus. Marbles_,
IV., pl. 21; Stackelberg, pl. 11.
[Sidenote: =538.=]
On the left, a Greek who is bearded and heavily armed, has thrown down
an Amazon, whom he drags by the hair, while she tries to keep him
at arm's length. On the right the Greek has fallen on his knees, and
holds up his shield against the attack of the Amazon.
Length, 4 feet 5-3/4 inches. _Synopsis_, No. 19; _Mus. Marbles_,
IV., pl. 19; Stackelberg, pl. 15.
[Sidenote: =539.=]
A Greek who has been killed in the battle, and perhaps stripped, is
being borne off the field on a companion's back. Another Greek who has
been badly wounded in the right leg, leaves the field, leaning with
his right hand on a spear, now wanting. He puts his left arm round the
neck of a companion, who supports him round the body. In the centre
of the slab an Amazon draws away a shield which belonged to one of the
Greeks.
Length, 4 feet 9-1/4 inches. _Synopsis_, No. 14; _Mus. Marbles_,
IV., pl. 14; Stackelberg, pl. 18.
PHIGALEIAN FRIEZE, SOUTH SIDE.
[Sidenote: =540.=]
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