Parthenon Frieze _ West XIV, 26-27

Since its removal from the monument in 1993 , the west frieze has been stored in the Acropolis Museum, except for blocks I and II in the British Museum. 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, N XLVII and S I respectively. The frieze depicts the preparation for the Panathenaic procession of the horsemen in the Kerameikos. Each frieze block includes one to three (at most) figures and as many as two horses. At intervals are individuals standing still, who in a sense form the axes of the entire composition along this side. Blocks with quiet scenes are interposed with those bearing scenes of action.Great variety is also seen in the clothing of the horsemen. Some have interpreted this as a means of distinguishing the 10 or 4 tribes of Attica. Some riders are nude, some wear a short belted chiton or exomis, others a chlamys and petasos (wide-brimmed hat); still others cuirass and helmet, while evident too is the garb of other parts of Greece, such as Macedonia or Thrace: chiton and chlamys of coarse cloth, boots and fox-skin caps (alopeke). Weapons and the horsesí bridle attachments were applied in bronze.

该西饰带自1993年从古迹原址拆除后，一直收藏于雅典卫城博物馆（Acropolis Museum），唯有编号I与II的饰带块现藏于大英博物馆（British Museum）。该西饰带由16块饰带单元组成，单块平均长度为1.40米；仅编号I与XVI的饰带单元长度仅为0.60米——因其实为北侧与南侧西端饰带单元的窄边，分别对应北侧第XLVII号单元（N XLVII）与南侧第I号单元（S I）。该饰带刻画了刻拉米科斯（Kerameikos）地区泛雅典娜节（Panathenaic Festival）游行的骑兵筹备场景。每块饰带单元包含1至3个（最多）人物形象，以及至多两匹马。画面中间隔排布着伫立不动的人物，从某种意义上构成了该侧整体构图的视觉轴线。静态场景的饰带单元与动态动作场景的饰带单元交替排布。骑兵们的服饰同样极具多样性，有学者将这种服饰差异解读为区分阿提卡（Attica）10个或4个部落的标识。部分骑手赤身裸体，部分身着束腰短希顿（chiton）或短外袍（exomis），另有部分身披斗篷（chlamys）并头戴宽檐帽（petasos）；还有一些身着胸甲与头盔。此外，画面中还呈现了希腊其他地区的服饰风格，例如马其顿（Macedonia）与色雷斯（Thrace）的装束：粗布制成的希顿与斗篷、皮靴以及狐皮帽（alopeke）。武器与马匹的马具配件均以青铜打造。