Charioteers
Elgin Marbles. "This is one of the most accomplished of all the frieze blocks. The shallow relief yields no less than four horses, vividly portrayed with tossing heads and flickering manes. This drama is echoed in the billowing cloak and flying crest of the foot soldier riding behind".
South Frieze XXXI 78, 79.
"...four-horse chariots from which armed men (apobates) spring as they proceed, and finally troops of noble Athenian youths on horseback, advancing at a rapid pace".--Baedeker 1915.
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