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Composing the west frieze
Most scholars who have studied the west frieze believe that it depicts the preparation of the Panathenaic procession that took place in the Kerameikos. Blocks with peaceful scenes are interposed with those bearing scenes of action. On this side of the building, each scene unfolds within the borders of a single block, thus raising the possibility that it may have been carved on the ground and subsequently mounted on the building.
The west frieze is made up of sixteen blocks averaging 1.40 m. in length, with the exception of blocks I and XVI, which are only 0.60 m. long because they are actually the narrow sides of the west blocks of the north and south sides. Since its removal from the monument in 1993, the west frieze is exhibited in the Acropolis Museum, except for blocks I and II, in the British Museum.

Study the west frieze and try to compose it, placing the sixteen blocks in the correct sequence.

Related stone blocks
W I

W II

W III

W IV

W V

W VI

W VII

W VIII

W IX

W X

W XI

W XII

W XIII

W XIV

W XV

W XVI