LOCATED:  Band of horizontal space located between the capital above the columns of a building, and the cornice, usually used for some form of decoration.  It is also common for any structures immediately within a temple (like the inner-cella in the Parthenon) to contain a frieze lining part or all of the same type of space above the columns. 

 

 

 

 

In this section of the frieze, the pace of the procession has accreted to a gallop. The original builders intended this progressive acceleration to be seen as one walked from the west end of the Parthenon to the east end. The procession begins with the starting up of the horses and quickens until about the middle on the way to the east end, where it starts to slow.  Eventually, the riders slow to a steady pace, rounding the corner and presenting the 12 gods with various gifts (including wine stored in amphorae and live cattle). The Greek sculptor's convincing portrayal of speed is achieved through the use of overlapping horses and billowing drapery. The frenzied pace is carefully carved into stone through the use of various levels of relief to display an illusion of depth where various figures are placed; entangling the surging muscles of the horses with the rapids of drapery that whip around wildly in the air.

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