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TEMPLE OF NIKE APTEEOS. 245Next is a combat between a Greek on foot and amounted Persian. The latter draws back his right hand,which must have been armed with a spear aimed at theGreek advancing from the left. The horse of the Persianrears as if to strike down with his forefeet the left arm ofthe Greek, which is thrust forward, protected by his shield.A dead Persian lies on the ground.Behind the mounted Persian is a comrade, hastening tothe left, and pursued by a Greek of whom nothing remainsexcept part of his shield and of the drapery round hisloins. This closes the scene on the right. Elgin Coll.Pentelic marble; height, 1 foot 5J inches; length, 6 feet IJ inches.Synopsis, No. 159 (257) ;Ross, pi. 12, fig. g ; Mus. Marbles, IX.,pi. 8 ; Overbeck, Gr. Plast., 3rd ed., I., fig. 81, m, n ; Baumeister,fig. 1238 ; Brunn, Denkmaeler, No. 117. On the position of theseslabs, cf. p. 240.425. A plaster cast from one of the slabs now in position onthe temple. On the left is a mutilated group representinga Greek warrior turning to assist a comrade whohas fallen on his right knee. Next is a Greek movingforward to pursue a mounted Persian who is flying to theright. On the extreme right a Persian on foot flies in thesame direction. A slain Persian lies in the foreground.The position of this slab on the temple at the south-eastangle is fixed by the relief on its return face which is partof the composition of the eastern front. This return isnot given in the cast here described.Height, 1 foot 5J inches; length, 3 feet llj inches. Ross, pi. 12,fig. a; Overbeck, Gr. Plast., 3rd ed., I., fig. 81, g, h; Murray,II., pi. 16, fig. 1.The dress of the Persians in this frieze is the usualchiton with long sleeves, girt at the waist, and close-fittingtrousers, anaxyrides. One of them, the kneeling figure inNo. 424, wears a quiver and bow case, gorytoa, from which