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METOPES OF PARTHENON. 135leg, the original of which is in the museum at Copenhagen; but he expresses a doubt whether this fragmentdoes not belong to the right hind-leg. "When Carreydrewthe metope, it was nearly perfect. On the uppermargin of the marble still remains the bead and reelmoulding which once ornamented all the metopes, butof which there are few traces elsewhere.Mus. Mm-bles, VIL, pi. 7 ; Stereoscopic, No. 82. For the two heads,see Brondsted, Voi/ages et Becherches, p. 171 ; Mus. Marbles, VII.,pi. 17 ; Michaelis, pi. 3, iv.308. When Carrey saw this metope, the figure of the Lapith,now wanting, was still extant, and we must thereforesupply the motive of the group by reference to his drawing(fig. 9). In the original composition, the Centaur,Fig. 9.—Metopes 308, 309, from Carrey.rearing up against his antagonist, grasps the Lapith'sright thigh between his forelegs, extending his left armtowards him, probably to seize the hair of his head. TheLapith with extended right arm is trying to keep theCentaur at arm's length, while he struggles to escape; hisleft arm must have been raised. The right arm of theCentaur must have been drawn back to strike. All that