Parthenon Frieze _ North X, 37-43

This block from the North side of the Parthenon frieze shows a few of the sixteen elderly men in himatia in a procession. They all converse while walking or standing, or they turn to look behind them. One man (38) ties a ribbon around his head, while another (41) has his hair arranged in braids that cross at the nape of the neck. These have been interpreted as the thallophoroi (elders carrying olive branches) or as city officials. 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.帕特农神庙檐壁北侧的此浮雕块，展现了十六名身着希马申（himatia）的老年男子中的数位，正行进于队列之中。他们或行或立，彼此交谈，或是转身回望身后。其中一名男子（编号38）正于头部系扎饰带，另有一名男子（编号41）的头发被编为辫子，于颈后交叠。学界将这些形象解读为携橄榄枝的塔洛弗罗伊（thallophoroi），或是城邦官员。 帕特农神庙檐壁为连续的浅浮雕带，环绕于外柱廊内部主殿的内殿（cella）上部区域。该浮雕的表现主题，是大泛雅典娜节（Great Panathenaia）期间前往雅典卫城的游行队列——该节庆是为纪念雅典娜女神诞辰而举办的。 本编号体系引自I·詹金斯（I. Jenkins）1994年所著《帕特农神庙檐壁》一书：檐壁石板以罗马数字标注，人物个体则以阿拉伯数字标注。