Parthenon Frieze _ East V, 28-30

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A youthful winged deity, Iris or possibly Hebe (28), stands beside Hera (29) and Zeus (30) as a messenger. She is shown smoothing her wind-tousled locks with her left hand. Zeus sits on his throne, holding a scepter, while his wife turns towards him, grasping the edges of her himation to reveal her face. The east frieze consists of eight or nine blocks, research indicating that VII and VIII were originally joined as one block. The middle block V measures 4.50 m in length, whereas the corner blocks are narrow due to their connection with blocks I of the north frieze and XLVII of the south frieze. Blocks II and VI remain in the Acropolis, while blocks I, III-V, VIII are located in the British Museum, and block VII is housed at the Louvre. Fragments from the east frieze can be found in the British Museum as well as the Archaeological Museum of Palermo. The Parthenon's frieze forms a continuous band with scenes in low relief that encircles the upper part of the cella within the outer colonnade. The theme depicted is the procession towards the Acropolis during the Great Panathenaia, commemorating the birthday of Athena. Numbering follows I. Jenkins' "The Parthenon Frieze," 1994. Frieze slabs are marked in Roman numerals, individuals by Arabic numerals.