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FIRST YASE ROOM.
Pluto and Persephone. In each of these groups the male
figure reclines; the female figure being seated on the foot of
the couch, to mark her position as the wife. Zeus is at-
tended by Ganymedes, and Dionysos by the Satyr, Komos.
On No. 125 are represented the exploits of Theseus. Round
the inside are six groups—(1) his contest with the robber,
Sinis Pityokamptes, or " the pine-bender," who has fallen on
his knees and clings for support to the pine-tree which
Theseus has bent down ; (2) his contest with the sow of
Krommyon, in the presence of the nymph Phaia; (3) his
contest with the robber Ixerkvon; (4) his contest with the
robber Polypemon, surnamed Prokrustes, whom he has
thrown down on his own bed; (5) his contest with the
robber Skiron, whom he is about to strike with his jjo&cHipPu*,
or footpan ; Skiron has fallen backwards on a rock, at the
bottom of which is the tortoise which devoured the travellers,
his victims ; on the summit of the rock, a tree, blown from
the perpendicular, marks the bleak and exposed character
of the spot; (6) the capture of the bull of Marathon. Out-
side the cup the same scenes are represented with trifling
variations ; in the centre of the inside is represented the
contest of Theseus with the Minotaur. The palace of the
labyrinth is represented by a Doric pillar with its entablature
and triglyphs, at the side of which is a door, covered with
mseanders and cheeky patterns. It is interesting to com-
pare this cup with No. 126M, on which the same subjects are
represented, but the groups are less artistically composed,
and the drawing has something of the stiffness of the archaic
manner.
On No 176, in Table Case I, are represented: obv.
Dionysos and Herakles reclining on a couch, and drinking
together, attended by two Satyrs : rev. Dionysos reclining
on a couch, with a cup in one hand and the tM/?'.sas in the
other ; at the foot of the couch is a Satyr gesticulating, and
behind him another Satyr playing on the double flute. The
colossal proportions of Dionysos and Herakles are set off by
the diminutive figures of the Satyrs. ChstcMauh
Among the subjects which occur in this series may be noted
the following:—No. 127E. Anakreon playing on the hepta-
chord lyre in the presence of two youthful figures; before him
is inscribed his name. A number of incidents from the
Trojan war, most of which are scenes from the Iliad. The
following relate to Achilles : Nos. 128N and 132M, the con-
FIRST YASE ROOM.
Pluto and Persephone. In each of these groups the male
figure reclines; the female figure being seated on the foot of
the couch, to mark her position as the wife. Zeus is at-
tended by Ganymedes, and Dionysos by the Satyr, Komos.
On No. 125 are represented the exploits of Theseus. Round
the inside are six groups—(1) his contest with the robber,
Sinis Pityokamptes, or " the pine-bender," who has fallen on
his knees and clings for support to the pine-tree which
Theseus has bent down ; (2) his contest with the sow of
Krommyon, in the presence of the nymph Phaia; (3) his
contest with the robber Ixerkvon; (4) his contest with the
robber Polypemon, surnamed Prokrustes, whom he has
thrown down on his own bed; (5) his contest with the
robber Skiron, whom he is about to strike with his jjo&cHipPu*,
or footpan ; Skiron has fallen backwards on a rock, at the
bottom of which is the tortoise which devoured the travellers,
his victims ; on the summit of the rock, a tree, blown from
the perpendicular, marks the bleak and exposed character
of the spot; (6) the capture of the bull of Marathon. Out-
side the cup the same scenes are represented with trifling
variations ; in the centre of the inside is represented the
contest of Theseus with the Minotaur. The palace of the
labyrinth is represented by a Doric pillar with its entablature
and triglyphs, at the side of which is a door, covered with
mseanders and cheeky patterns. It is interesting to com-
pare this cup with No. 126M, on which the same subjects are
represented, but the groups are less artistically composed,
and the drawing has something of the stiffness of the archaic
manner.
On No 176, in Table Case I, are represented: obv.
Dionysos and Herakles reclining on a couch, and drinking
together, attended by two Satyrs : rev. Dionysos reclining
on a couch, with a cup in one hand and the tM/?'.sas in the
other ; at the foot of the couch is a Satyr gesticulating, and
behind him another Satyr playing on the double flute. The
colossal proportions of Dionysos and Herakles are set off by
the diminutive figures of the Satyrs. ChstcMauh
Among the subjects which occur in this series may be noted
the following:—No. 127E. Anakreon playing on the hepta-
chord lyre in the presence of two youthful figures; before him
is inscribed his name. A number of incidents from the
Trojan war, most of which are scenes from the Iliad. The
following relate to Achilles : Nos. 128N and 132M, the con-