Parthenon Frieze Repository: The Parthenon Frieze. Block N XV

The Parthenon Frieze. Block N XV

Behind the chariot team of horses is a marshal (51) in frontal stance, clad in himation with right shoulder bare. He looks back, to the right. Preserved on the chariot is the lower part of the charioteer (52), with right arm outstretched to hold the reins, and the left leg of the apobates (53) who is ready to leap to the ground.

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Frieze Side	North Frieze
Subject Category	Chariots
Source	Acropolis Restoration Service
Type	Sculpture
Format	image/jpeg
Format	Pentelic marble
Figures	N 51, N 52, N 53
Museum	British Museum
Stone Number	N XV