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The emphasis of this scene then shifts from the race to the victory and reinforces the presence of nike in the iconographic program of the Parthenon. Because of his distinctive costume, this <em>apobates <\/em>contestant may be identified as belonging to the foremost Athenian tribe, Erechtheis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A reexamination of the north frieze of the Parthenon, blocks XI&ndash;XII in particular, indicates that the leading apobates contestant is the winner in this Panathenaic contest. 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