Parthenon Frieze _ South XI, 29-30-31 (acropolis)

The south side of the frieze is preserved fragmentarily and the sculptured surface was badly damaged in the tremendous catastrophe suffered by the Parthenon in the explosion of 1687 . This is why the sequence from block XX on is uncertain. Even so, the Carrey drawings show the representations on many of the missing sections and have enabled us to locate a number of existing fragments. The original length of the frieze along the south side was 58.70 m. It was composed of forty-seven blocks, some of which are exhibited in the Acropolis Museum, others in the British Museum. The average width of each block is 1.22 m. The workmanship as a whole is clearly less skillful than that of the north frieze, although some of the scenes may be numbered among the masterpieces of the Parthenon (blocks III, X, XI, XXVI, XXXI and XLIV).The procession begins at the west corner and proceeds toward the right. The variety of pose, garment and movement of figures and animals seen in the north frieze is missing here. The riders move in a straight line, looking straight ahead, with a single exception on block V, rider (13). The varied rendition of the horsesí trimmed manes reflects their speed of movement.As in the north frieze, the sections evident in the south, are: a) the horsemen, b) the chariots and c) the sacrificial procession.It is likely that the arrangement of the horsemen in the procession was according to tribe, following the political organisation of the Athenian state. The variation seen in the garments, according to which there are ten groups of six riders each, appears to support this interpretation. The horsemen of the first group (2-7) wear a fox-hide cap, short chiton, chlamys and boots, the second group (8-13) only chlamys. In the third group the horsemen (14-19) wear a short cuirass over a short chiton and boots. The horsemen of the fourth group (20-25) are clad in short chiton and chlamys, of the fifth (26-31) anatomical cuirass over short chiton and boots. The horsemen of the sixth group (32-37) wear a fox-skin cap, short chiton over which is a cuirass with flaps, and boots. Those of the seventh group (38-43) wear helmet of Athenian type, short chiton, chlamys and boots and of the eighth group (44-49), chlamys over short chiton and boots. The riders of the ninth group (50-55) are clad in petasos, short chiton, chlamys and boots and, last, the tenth group comprises horsemen (56-61) wearing short chiton and boots.Then comes the procession of chariots, which, as a result of the 1687 explosion, is very fragmentary and preserved only in interrupted stretches. Five blocks are missing altogether. Ten chariots are in the course, each taking up a single block. Some are standing still (XXVI), some starting (XXIX) and some race full speed ahead (XXXI).Depicted on the blocks that follow is the procession of the sacrifice. Taking part are thallophoroi with olive branches, musicians with citharas (kitharai), skaphephoroi with offering trays and the animals with their herdsmen.The frieze of the Parthenon forms a continuous band with scenes in low relief that encircles the upper part of the cella, the main temple, within the outer colonnade. The theme represented was the procession toward the Acropolis that took place during the Great Panathenaia, the commemoration of the birthday of the goddess Athena.Numbering taken from I. Jenkins, The Parthenon Frieze, 1994. Frieze slabs are marked in Roman numerals, People are marked in arabic numerals.帕特农神庙南侧的饰带仅存残片，其雕刻表面在1687年的爆炸灾难中遭到严重损毁。正因如此，从XX号饰板起的序列已无法确定。 即便如此，卡雷（Carrey）的手绘稿留存了诸多缺失部分的图像，帮助我们定位了多件现存残片。 南侧饰带原长58.70米，由47块饰板组成，其中部分藏于雅典卫城博物馆（Acropolis Museum），其余则藏于大英博物馆（British Museum）。单块饰板的平均宽度为1.22米。整体工艺水准明显不及北侧饰带，尽管其中部分场景仍可跻身帕特农神庙的杰作之列（如III、X、XI、XXVI、XXXI及XLIV号饰板）。 游行队伍始于西侧转角，向右延伸。北侧饰带中所见的人物与动物的姿态、衣饰及动作的丰富变化，在南侧饰带中付之阙如。骑手们均沿直线行进，目光直视前方，仅V号饰板上的第13号骑手为例外。马匹修剪整齐的鬃毛被赋予多样的表现手法，以此体现其行进速度。 与北侧饰带一致，南侧饰带可分为三个部分：a) 骑手队伍；b) 战车队伍；c) 祭祀游行。 据推测，游行中的骑手队伍是按照部落编组的，这契合雅典城邦的政治组织架构。衣饰的差异似乎印证了这一解读——骑手们被分为十个六人小组。第一组骑手（第2至7号）头戴猎狐皮帽，身着短希顿（chiton）、外披短斗篷（chlamys）并脚蹬长靴；第二组（第8至13号）仅外披短斗篷。第三组骑手（第14至19号）在短希顿外身着短胸甲（cuirass），脚蹬长靴。第四组（第20至25号）身着短希顿并外披短斗篷。第五组（第26至31号）在短希顿外身着贴合身形的胸甲（cuirass），脚蹬长靴。第六组（第32至37号）头戴狐皮帽，身着短希顿，外罩带护翼的胸甲（cuirass），脚蹬长靴。第七组（第38至43号）头戴雅典式头盔，身着短希顿、外披短斗篷并脚蹬长靴；第八组（第44至49号）在短希顿外披短斗篷并脚蹬长靴。第九组（第50至55号）骑手头戴佩塔索斯帽（petasos），身着短希顿、外披短斗篷并脚蹬长靴；最后，第十组骑手（第56至61号）身着短希顿并脚蹬长靴。 随后是战车游行队伍，受1687年爆炸影响，该部分残损严重，仅存断续的片段，另有五块饰板完全缺失。整支队伍共有十辆战车，每辆占据一块饰板。部分战车处于静止状态（XXVI号饰板），部分正准备启程（XXIX号饰板），还有的正全速疾驰（XXXI号饰板）。 后续饰板上描绘的是祭祀游行队伍，参与者包括持橄榄枝献祭者（thallophoroi）、弹奏基萨拉琴（citharas）的乐手、抬供盘者（skaphephoroi），以及牲畜与牧人。 帕特农神庙饰带为一条连续的浅浮雕带，环绕外柱廊内侧主殿的内殿（cella）上部区域。其表现主题为大泛雅典娜节（Great Panathenaia）期间前往卫城的游行队伍——该节日是为纪念雅典娜女神诞辰而举办的庆典。 本编号体系源自I·詹金斯（I. Jenkins）1994年出版的《帕特农神庙饰带》（*The Parthenon Frieze*）。饰板以罗马数字标注，人物以阿拉伯数字标注。