Parthenon Frieze _ North XLI, 112-113-114

Half of the North frieze is in the British Museum and the other half in the Acropolis museum. The total length of the north frieze was 58.70 m. The scenes begin at the northwest corner of the opisthonaos as a continuation of the procession which has already started on the west side, thus running from block N XLVII to block N I. The action develops gradually and from quiet preparation accelerates to a gallop. Ignoring the divisions of the blocks, the horsemen are depicted proceeding in groups of seven or eight, the horses partly overlapping each other. The continuous flow of horses and riders is interrupted only by the marshal (90) on block XXXIV. Yet with variety of garment, of stance and gesture of the most beautiful of the horsemen and with the occasional depiction of a man turning his head to look back, monotony is avoided. 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.北檐壁的一半馆藏于大英博物馆（British Museum），另一半则藏于雅典卫城博物馆（Acropolis Museum）。该北檐壁总长58.70米。其叙事场景始于后殿（opisthonaos）西北角，延续了西侧已然开启的游行行列，饰块编号从N XLVII延伸至N I。叙事节奏逐步推进，从静谧的筹备阶段加速至疾驰的高潮。抛开饰块的分割限制，画面中骑手以7至8人为一组行进，马匹彼此间存在部分重叠。连绵不绝的车马队列仅被XXXIV号饰块上的仪仗领队（编号90）打断。骑手们的服饰、姿态与手势各具变化，部分骑手还被刻画为回头回望的形象，有效规避了画面的单调感。帕特农神庙檐壁（Parthenon Frieze）是一道环绕外围柱廊内侧主殿（cella）上部的连续浅浮雕带，其表现的主题是大泛雅典娜节（Great Panathenaia）期间前往卫城的游行盛典——该节日是为纪念雅典娜女神诞辰而举办。本次编号体系引自I·詹金斯1994年出版的《帕特农神庙檐壁》一书。檐壁饰板以罗马数字标注，人物则以阿拉伯数字编号。