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150 of which those to the west were first pointed out by Penrose. Of the six watching gods in the frieze those on the right cannot be identified with certainty. The one on the extreme right Sauer restores as Hephaistos. Those on the left all agree are Athena, Hera, and Zeus ; the Athena he restores as holding her helmet (see above, p. 113). This is a very noble group, the gestures inspired by the Parthenon figures, but the drapery is more voluminous and later in style. In the Elgin Collection there are good drawings of this frieze, and from them I have sketched the Athena and Hera. (Fig. 149.) Athena wore a girded chiton with a deep turn-over—this is a characteristic of Athens fashions c. 430-420. Her right arm falling by her side evidently held her spear as at the Parthenon. Hera is enveloped by a large mantle over the chiton; it is drawn over the head, covers the left arm and hand, and falls on the lap over the rest of the garment which is brought from the back over the right thigh. This would be a magnificent subject for a restoration essay.

The metopes are also very fine. The Museum possesses the original drawings of these made by Pars c. 1765. The designs seem to be copied on a vase in the Museum, and on another at Madrid (see Miss Harrison's "Athens," p. cxv.). Altogether the architecture, painting, and sculpture agree in dating the work,