Parthenon Frieze Repository: The Parthenon Frieze. Block S XLII

The Parthenon Frieze. Block S XLII

The next seven blocks (XLI – XLVII) show youths driving bulls for sacrifice. There is some doubt about the sequence here. On blocks XLI and XLII the bulls are moving quietly along, beside them their herdsmen (122-126), wrapped in himatia, moving straight ahead with their eyes fixed on their destination.

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Frieze Side	South Frieze
Subject Category	Sacrificial procession
Source	Acropolis Restoration Service
Type	Sculpture
Format	image/jpeg
Format	Pentelic marble
Figures	S 126
Museum	Acropolis Museum British Museum
Stone Number	S XLII