The Parthenon Frieze. Block N XXV

The empty space between blocks XXIV and XXVI is the most problematical of the north frieze and it has given rise to a number of different theories. According to W.B. Dinsmoor’s reconstruction of the blocks of the north frieze, which is the most generally accepted, there is not enough room in this empty space for a chariot, since it is evident from the other blocks that each chariot occupies about one block and a half. For this reason some scholars (M. Gisler-Huwiler and A. H. Smith) place a marshal here.