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. METOPESOF PARTHENON. 141rivets. Carrey's drawing shows that this metope hassuffered little since his time.Mus. Marbles, VII., pi. 8 ;Michaelis, pi. 3, xxvi. ; Stereoscopic, No. 89.316. Ih this metope, the 27th in the original series, theCentaur, wounded in the back, attempts to fly, but ischecked by the Lapith, whose left hand grasps him loundthe left side of the head, while his left leg presses againsthis hind-quarters. The right ai'm of the Lapith is drawnback to deal a blow, perhaps with a lance. The Centaur,rearing up in agony, presses his right hand against thewound in his back ; his left arm, now wanting, must havebeen raised, as appears from Carrey's drawing, in whicha small piece of the upper arm is given. The left foot ofthe Lapith presses firmly against a rock. A mantle fallsover both arms, hanging in festoons behind his back.Carrey's drawing gives both the head, and right leg, andpart of the right forearm of the Lapith. In compositionand execution this is one of the finest of the extantmetopes.Mus. Marbles, VII., pi. 9 ; Baumeister, Denkmaeler, p. 1176, fig. 1365 ;Michaelis, pi. 3, xxvii. ; Stereoscopic, No. 90.317. In this metope, the 28th in the original series, theCentaur is victorious ;the Lapith lies dead under his feet.Brandishing the lion's skin on his extended left arm witha triumphant gesture, and lashing his tail, the Centaurrushes forward to meet a new foe, with the ends of thelion's skin flying behind him. His right arm, now wanting,must have wielded the weapon with which he hasslain the Lapith. The Lapith lies on his chlamys, hishead thrown back, his right leg bent up, his right handlying over his right flank, his whole form relaxed bydeath. Carrey's drawing gives the head, left foreleg,and greater part of the right arm of the Centaur, butwholly misinterprets the figure of the Lapith. For