of the Centaurs and Lapitha, at present arranged consecutively on the left hand side of the Phigaleian Room, and in order of numbers from right to left. We now proceed to describe slab by slab the second subject, the Contest between the Greeks (Athenians) and the Amazons.

The Twelfth slab, the first of the series of the Battle between the

Greeks and the Amazons, comprises four figures, one Greek and three Amazons. To the left, a fallen Amazon is struggling with a Greek, who has seized her (apparently) by the hair of the head. To the right, another Amazon is protecting with her shield one who is on the ground, and unarmed.

The Thirteenth represents a Greek in the act of striking, as it would

seem, the Amazon on the adjoining slab, who is protected by her shield. In the middle of the slab is a single combat between a Greek and an Amazon; and to the right another Amazon, who is sinking lifeless to the ground.

The Fourteenth contains a representation of a Greek carrying off on his shoulders one of his companions who had fallen; an Amazon in the centre seizing the dead man's shield, and a Greek supporting and leading from the field a wounded and fainting comrade.

The Fifteenth contains single combats of a Greek and an Amazon. In that to the right, the Greek on his knees is defending himself by means of his shield from the attack of his enemy. In that to the left, the Greek has the advantage, having dragged down the Amazon by the hair of her head by main strength.

The Sixteenth contains, on the right, a single combat between a Greek and an Amazon, of doubtful result; and on the left, a wounded or dying Greek, who is reclining on the ground, and rests his head and left shoulder against the thigh of a comrade, who, standing a little behind, holds his shield over him for protection. A perpendicular groove to the left of the fallen warrior indicates where another slab has been fitted on at right angles to this one. This was one of the corners of the frieze.

The Seventeenth represents a Greek in the act of unhorsing an Amazon, by dragging her from her horse by main force. To the right is another Amazon with her shield raised, defending herself from some enemy who is not represented.

The Eighteenth and longest slab in the series contains no less than six figures and two horses. To the right, a Greek, on whose countenance the emotion of pity is finely expressed, removes from a fallen horse the lifeless body of an Amazon. In the centre, a warrior, over whose right arm and thigh a lion's skin is thrown, is striking a mounted Amazon who had trampled under her feet a helmeted warrior while attempting to draw his sword from the scabbard. Another Amazon is rushing forward, as it would seem, with the wish to ward off from her mounted comrade the blow of the principal figure, who is probably intended for Theseus, as, like Hercules, he is armed with a club, and clad in a lion's skin.

The Nineteenth contains two single combats of a Greek and Amazon, in which the two foes alternately obtain the mastery. In that to the right, the Amazon conquers, in that to the left the Greek.

The Twentieth, the lower portion of which has been considerably mutilated, represents an even contest between a Greek and an Amazon, and a wounded or dying Amazon supported by one of her fellow-combatants.

The Twenty-first represents two Greeks and two Amazons in combat. To the right an Amazon is striking at a Greek, who is about to slay her companion who has fallen, and with outstretched arm is imploring mercy. Behind the Greek another naked warrior is following, apparently to aid his comrade.