Parthenon Frieze _ WXII, 22-24

Since its removal from the monument in 1993 , the west frieze has been stored in the Acropolis Museum, except for blocks I and II in the British Museum. The west frieze is made up of sixteen blocks averaging 1.40 m. in length, with the exception of blocks I and XVI, which are only 0.60 m. long because they are actually the narrow sides of the west blocks of the north and south sides, N XLVII and S I respectively. The frieze depicts the preparation for the Panathenaic procession of the horsemen in the Kerameikos. Each frieze block includes one to three (at most) figures and as many as two horses. At intervals are individuals standing still, who in a sense form the axes of the entire composition along this side. Blocks with quiet scenes are interposed with those bearing scenes of action.Great variety is also seen in the clothing of the horsemen. Some have interpreted this as a means of distinguishing the 10 or 4 tribes of Attica. Some riders are nude, some wear a short belted chiton or exomis, others a chlamys and petasos (wide-brimmed hat); still others cuirass and helmet, while evident too is the garb of other parts of Greece, such as Macedonia or Thrace: chiton and chlamys of coarse cloth, boots and fox-skin caps (alopeke). Weapons and the horsesí bridle attachments were applied in bronze.自1993年从原纪念碑（帕特农神庙）移除后，西山楣（West Frieze）一直由雅典卫城博物馆（Acropolis Museum）收藏，仅I、II号残块收藏于大英博物馆。该西山楣由16块残块组成，单块平均长度为1.40米；唯有I号与XVI号残块长度仅为0.60米，原因在于二者实则为北、南两侧西山块的窄边，分别对应北立面第XLVII号残块与南立面第I号残块。该西山楣描绘的是凯拉米克斯（Kerameikos）地区骑手们为泛雅典娜节游行（Panathenaic Procession）做准备的场景。每块残块上刻画有1至3尊（最多）人物形象，以及至多两匹马。画面中每隔一段便会出现伫立不动的人物，从某种意义上来说，这些人物构成了该侧整体构图的轴线。刻画静态场景的残块与呈现动态场景的残块交替排布。骑手们的服饰同样极具多样性。有学者将这种服饰多样性解读为区分阿提卡（Attica）10个或4个部落的方式。部分骑手赤身裸体，部分身着束腰短希顿（chiton）或埃克索米斯短袍（exomis），部分则外披克拉米斯披风（chlamys）并头戴佩塔索斯宽檐帽（petasos）；还有一部分身着胸甲与头盔；此外，画面中还出现了希腊其他地区的服饰风格，比如马其顿（Macedonia）与色雷斯（Thrace）的服饰：粗布制成的希顿长袍与克拉米斯披风、长靴以及狐皮帽（alopeke）。骑手的武器与马匹的马具附件均以青铜制成。