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Aphrodite and Eros, or to sepulchral rites. It is probable
that some of these subjects relate to the Dionysiac or
Eleusinian mysteries ; but as the names of the figures
represented are seldom inscribed on vases of this period,
it is often difficult to ascertain the import of these compo-
sitions.
The greater part of the vases in this room come from
Southern Italy; some of the finest specimens are from the
Temple, Blacas, and Pourtales Collections. They are
arranged in Wall Cases 1—31 and 68—72, and in the Table
Cases. Certain select vases are placed on Table Cases.
KRAT^RS WITH COLUMNAR HANDLES.
(1) . IEaH Case 2.—Prokris slain by her husband Kepha-
los. Above her head is a bird with human face to repre-
sent her soul quitting the body. Millingen, Uned. Mon.,
pi. xiv.
(2) . Contest of Apollo and Herakles for the tripod.
(3 ). Armed footrace ; jBopKtes Drowos.
(4) . Boreas seizing Oreithyia. Gerhard, Auserl. Vasenb.
III. Taf. 152.
(5) . Contest of Apollo and Marsyas, in the presence of
Athene and Artemis. Lenormant et De Witte, Mon.
Ceram. II., pi. 69.
(6) . I'aMc Case, N.—1. Kaineus killed by the Centaurs
Petraios and Agrios. 2. rev. The Centaur Asbolos striking
on the breast the Lapith Hoplos.
(7) . Case i.—An Ionic column, on which is placed a small
statue of Herakles armed with his bow and club. In front
of this column an altar, which a female figure approaches
from the left, bringing fruits and cakes as offerings. On
the right, a bearded Satyr is kindling the fire on the altar.
Behind him a wine-skin hanging from a tree, and a vase
painted with black figures on the ground. yfyadfa. j%icas.
KRATERS.
(8) . Case 3.—Hermes confiding the infant Dionysos to a
Msenad; over these are severally inscribed the names
Hermes, Dionysos, Mainas. Cab. Pourtales, pi. xxvii.
(9) . Orestes taking refuge from the Erinnyes at the
cyHpMos at Delphi Gerhard, Denkmaler, Forschungen,
&c., 1860, pi. cxxxvii.
Aphrodite and Eros, or to sepulchral rites. It is probable
that some of these subjects relate to the Dionysiac or
Eleusinian mysteries ; but as the names of the figures
represented are seldom inscribed on vases of this period,
it is often difficult to ascertain the import of these compo-
sitions.
The greater part of the vases in this room come from
Southern Italy; some of the finest specimens are from the
Temple, Blacas, and Pourtales Collections. They are
arranged in Wall Cases 1—31 and 68—72, and in the Table
Cases. Certain select vases are placed on Table Cases.
KRAT^RS WITH COLUMNAR HANDLES.
(1) . IEaH Case 2.—Prokris slain by her husband Kepha-
los. Above her head is a bird with human face to repre-
sent her soul quitting the body. Millingen, Uned. Mon.,
pi. xiv.
(2) . Contest of Apollo and Herakles for the tripod.
(3 ). Armed footrace ; jBopKtes Drowos.
(4) . Boreas seizing Oreithyia. Gerhard, Auserl. Vasenb.
III. Taf. 152.
(5) . Contest of Apollo and Marsyas, in the presence of
Athene and Artemis. Lenormant et De Witte, Mon.
Ceram. II., pi. 69.
(6) . I'aMc Case, N.—1. Kaineus killed by the Centaurs
Petraios and Agrios. 2. rev. The Centaur Asbolos striking
on the breast the Lapith Hoplos.
(7) . Case i.—An Ionic column, on which is placed a small
statue of Herakles armed with his bow and club. In front
of this column an altar, which a female figure approaches
from the left, bringing fruits and cakes as offerings. On
the right, a bearded Satyr is kindling the fire on the altar.
Behind him a wine-skin hanging from a tree, and a vase
painted with black figures on the ground. yfyadfa. j%icas.
KRATERS.
(8) . Case 3.—Hermes confiding the infant Dionysos to a
Msenad; over these are severally inscribed the names
Hermes, Dionysos, Mainas. Cab. Pourtales, pi. xxvii.
(9) . Orestes taking refuge from the Erinnyes at the
cyHpMos at Delphi Gerhard, Denkmaler, Forschungen,
&c., 1860, pi. cxxxvii.