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PHIGALEIAN FRIEZE. 277Cockerell suggests that the subject is Apollo pursuingDaphne, who was a daughter of the neighbouring riverLadon, but he is mistaken in thinking that the man'sfingers are stretched out straight, and have no grasp ofthe woman's neck.Marble. Fragment 1 : height, 1 foot 4J inches ; width, 1 foot3 inches. Si/nopsis, No. 30 ; Exp. de Morel', 11., pi. 23, fig 3Stackelberg, pi. 30, fig. 3; Mas. Marbles, IV., pi. 24, fig. 3Ellis, Elgin and F/iigaleian Marbles, II., p. 213. Fragment 2height, 8| inches ; width, 1 foot 4 inches. Synojms, No. 35.518. Upper part of body of draped female figure standingto the front.Marble ; height, 8 inches; width, 10 inches. Si/nopsis, No. 32.519. Torso of an obese bearded figure, from the neck to thewaist. The figure appears to have been seated, leaningback, and having a staif and drapery under the leftarm. Cockerell restores it as a figure standing andleaning on a staflf.Marble ; height, 1 foot | inch width, ; 8J inches. Synopsis, No. 34Cockerell, Phiijnleia, pi. 5 ; Stackelbei'g, pi. 30, fig. 4 ; Exp. deMor^e, II., pi. 23, fig. 4.The Phiqaleian Frieze.The frieze of the Temple of Apollo Epicurios consists of23 slabs of marble, somewhat resembling Pentelic. Theslabs are each 2 feet 1^ inches high, and they have acombined length of 101 feet f inch. The frieze formedan internal decoration, above the colonnade within thecella, and had two long sides measuring 35 feet 9 inches,and two short sides measuring 14 feet 2\ inches. Theexcess in the measured length of the slabs is explained bythe fact that they overlapped at the angles. The slabsare about 3^ inches thick, and rested on the edge of the