Parthenon Frieze _ South XXXVI, 93-101

The south side of the frieze is preserved fragmentarily and the sculptured surface was badly damaged in the tremendous catastrophe suffered by the Parthenon in the explosion of 1687 . This is why the sequence from block XX on is uncertain. Even so, the Carrey drawings show the representations on many of the missing sections and have enabled us to locate a number of existing fragments. The original length of the frieze along the south side was 58.70 m. It was composed of forty-seven blocks, some of which are exhibited in the Acropolis Museum, others in the British Museum. The average width of each block is 1.22 m. The workmanship as a whole is clearly less skillful than that of the north frieze, although some of the scenes may be numbered among the masterpieces of the Parthenon (blocks III, X, XI, XXVI, XXXI and XLIV).The procession begins at the west corner and proceeds toward the right. The variety of pose, garment and movement of figures and animals seen in the north frieze is missing here. The riders move in a straight line, looking straight ahead, with a single exception on block V, rider (13). The varied rendition of the horses' trimmed manes reflects their speed of movement.As in the north frieze, the sections evident in the south, are: a) the horsemen, b) the chariots and c) the sacrificial procession.It is likely that the arrangement of the horsemen in the procession was according to tribe, following the political organisation of the Athenian state. The variation seen in the garments, according to which there are ten groups of six riders each, appears to support this interpretation. The horsemen of the first group (2-7) wear a fox-hide cap, short chiton, chlamys and boots, the second group (8-13) only chlamys. In the third group the horsemen (14-19) wear a short cuirass over a short chiton and boots. The horsemen of the fourth group (20-25) are clad in short chiton and chlamys, of the fifth (26-31) anatomical cuirass over short chiton and boots. The horsemen of the sixth group (32-37) wear a fox-skin cap, short chiton over which is a cuirass with flaps, and boots. Those of the seventh group (38-43) wear helmet of Athenian type, short chiton, chlamys and boots and of the eighth group (44-49), chlamys over short chiton and boots. The riders of the ninth group (50-55) are clad in petasos, short chiton, chlamys and boots and, last, the tenth group comprises horsemen (56-61) wearing short chiton and boots.Then comes the procession of chariots, which, as a result of the 1687 explosion, is very fragmentary and preserved only in interrupted stretches. Five blocks are missing altogether. Ten chariots are in the course, each taking up a single block. Some are standing still (XXVI), some starting (XXIX) and some race full speed ahead (XXXI).Depicted on the blocks that follow is the procession of the sacrifice. Taking part are thallophoroi with olive branches, musicians with citharas (kitharai), skaphephoroi with offering trays and the animals with their herdsmen.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（Parthenon）檐壁（frieze）南侧仅存残片，其雕刻表面在1687年的爆炸灾难中遭到严重损毁。这也导致从第XX号饰板起的序列难以确定。即便如此，卡雷（Carrey）的手绘稿还原了诸多缺失部分的图像，帮助我们定位了多件现存残片。南侧檐壁原本总长58.70米，由47块饰板组成，其中部分馆藏于雅典卫城博物馆（Acropolis Museum），其余则藏于大英博物馆（British Museum），单块饰板平均宽度为1.22米。整体工艺水准明显逊于北侧檐壁，不过部分场景仍可归入帕特农神庙的杰作之列（如III、X、XI、XXVI、XXXI与XLIV号饰板）。 游行队伍从西角起始，向右延伸。北侧檐壁中所见的人物与动物姿态、服饰及动作的丰富变化，在南侧檐壁中付之阙如。骑手们均呈直线行进，目视前方，仅V号饰板上的第13号骑手为例外。对马匹修剪过的鬃毛的多样刻画，正体现出它们的行进速度。 与北侧檐壁一致，南侧檐壁的可识别场景分为三类：a) 骑手队伍，b) 战车行列，c) 献祭游行。游行中的骑手队伍或按照雅典城邦的政治组织——部落——进行编排，服饰上的差异似乎佐证了这一推论——队伍被分为十组，每组各六名骑手。 第一组骑手（2-7号）头戴狐皮帽，身着短希顿长袍（chiton）、克莱密斯斗篷（chlamys）并脚蹬皮靴；第二组骑手（8-13号）仅身披克莱密斯斗篷。第三组骑手（14-19号）在短希顿长袍外身着短胸甲，脚蹬皮靴。第四组骑手（20-25号）身着短希顿长袍并外披克莱密斯斗篷；第五组（26-31号）则在短希顿长袍外身着解剖式胸甲并脚蹬皮靴。第六组骑手（32-37号）头戴狐皮帽，内着短希顿长袍，外罩带护板的胸甲，脚蹬皮靴。第七组骑手（38-43号）头戴雅典式头盔，身着短希顿长袍、外披克莱密斯斗篷并脚蹬皮靴；第八组（44-49号）则在短希顿长袍外披克莱密斯斗篷并脚蹬皮靴。第九组骑手（50-55号）头戴佩塔索斯遮阳帽（petasos），身着短希顿长袍、外披克莱密斯斗篷并脚蹬皮靴；最后第十组骑手（56-61号）身着短希顿长袍并脚蹬皮靴。 随后是战车行列，受1687年爆炸影响，该部分残损严重，仅存断续的遗存，共有五块饰板完全缺失。整支战车行列共包含十辆战车，每辆占据一块饰板。部分战车处于静止状态（XXVI号饰板），部分处于起步阶段（XXIX号饰板），还有部分正全速疾驰（XXXI号饰板）。 后续饰板描绘的是献祭游行场景，参与者包括手持橄榄枝的塔洛弗罗伊（thallophoroi）、持基萨拉琴（cithara / kitharai）的乐师、携供盘的斯卡弗弗罗伊（skaphephoroi），以及牲畜与牧人。 帕特农神庙檐壁整体为环绕外柱廊内主殿内殿（cella）上部的连续低浮雕带，所描绘的主题是大泛雅典娜节（Great Panathenaia）期间前往雅典卫城的游行队伍——该节日是为纪念雅典娜女神诞辰而举办。 编号体系引自I·詹金斯所著《帕特农神庙檐壁》（1994年版），饰板以罗马数字标注，人物以阿拉伯数字标注。