Parthenon Frieze _ West XI, 20-21

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.该西山饰带（west frieze）自1993年从原建筑遗址移除后，一直收藏于雅典卫城博物馆（Acropolis Museum），仅编号为I、II的饰带块收藏于大英博物馆（British Museum）。该西山饰带由16块饰带块组成，单块平均长度为1.40米，仅编号I、XVI的饰带块例外，其长度仅为0.60米——这两块分别为北侧第XLVII号西侧饰带块与南侧第I号西侧饰带块的窄边部分。该饰带描绘的是凯拉米克斯（Kerameikos）地区泛雅典娜节游行（Panathenaic procession）前骑手们的筹备场景。每块饰带块最多包含1至3个人物形象，同时可搭载至多两匹马。饰带中间隔分布着静止站立的人物，从某种意义上来说，这些人物构成了该侧饰带整体构图的视觉轴点。静态场景的饰带块与动态动作场景的饰带块交替穿插排布。骑手们的服饰同样呈现出丰富的多样性，有学者将这种服饰多样性解读为区分阿提卡（Attica）10个或4个部落的标识。部分骑手赤裸上身；部分身着束腰短希顿（chiton）或短外袍（exomis）；部分身披希腊式斗篷（chlamys）并头戴佩塔索斯宽檐帽（petasos）；还有部分身着胸甲（cuirass）并佩戴头盔。此外，饰带中还出现了希腊其他地区的服饰风格，比如马其顿（Macedonia）或色雷斯（Thrace）地区的服饰：粗布制成的希顿与斗篷、皮靴以及狐皮帽（alopeke）。饰带中的武器与马匹的缰绳及附属饰件均以青铜材质制作。