The first apobates chariot is depicted on two blocks. It is in readiness, not yet moving. The charioteer (73) has turned his head to look out frontally toward the viewer. He wears the characteristic ankle-length (poderes) sleeveless chiton favoured by charioteer belted at the waist. Preserved fragmentarily is the helmetted head of the apobates (74) and his right hand grasping the chariot rail. His left arm and shield are preserved in part, as noted, on block XXIX. By the device of turning the apobates’ heads to look back at the riders, the sculptor has united, in conceptual artistic fashion, two groups in episodes that are unrelated in time. The groom (72) stands at the head of the chariot team, clad in short sleeveless chiton, chlamys and boots. He has turned to the right and holds one of the horses of the team by its bridle.