Parthenon Frieze _ North XXVII, 72

A groom wearing a cloak pinned on one shoulder steadies the horses. THe lower part of this figure, together with the foot soldier and driver of the next chariot, are in Athens. 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.一位肩披单扣斗篷的马夫正安抚马匹。该形象的下半身，连同下一驾战车的步兵与御者，现收藏于雅典。北浮雕带的一半馆藏于大英博物馆，另一半则藏于雅典卫城博物馆。北浮雕带总长58.70米。其场景始于后殿（opisthonaos）西北角，延续了西侧已然开启的游行队伍，因此从第XLVII号浮雕石板延伸至第I号石板。叙事节奏由静谧的筹备逐步加速，最终转为策马疾驰的场面。不计石板的分割，骑手们以七至八人为一组行进，马匹彼此间部分重叠。连贯的人马队列仅被第XXXIV号石板上的编号为90的传令官打断。而多样的服饰、姿态与最优雅骑手的手势，加之偶尔出现的回头张望的人物，有效规避了画面的单调感。帕特农神庙浮雕带是一条连贯的浅浮雕饰带，环绕外柱廊内的主殿内殿（cella）上部。其所描绘的主题是大泛雅典娜节（Great Panathenaia）期间朝向卫城的游行队伍——该节日是为纪念雅典娜女神诞辰。本数据集的编号系统引自I·詹金斯1994年出版的《帕特农神庙浮雕》一书：浮雕石板以罗马数字标注，人物则以阿拉伯数字编号。