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01' VASES.
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1. Combat of two warriors, both armed with Argolic bucklers,
helmets, greaves, spears and swords; the combatant on the
right has fallen on his right knee; the outside of his shield is
painted white; behind him two figures, one with a Boeotian
buckler, the other in a white chiton with a crimson outer garment,
and holding a spear ; behind the warrior on the left is a youth
draped like the figure last described, and also holding a spear, and
a female figure in a talaric chiton, over which is a crimson mantle ;
the helmets of the warriors have cheek pieces; that of the
one who has fallen has a high crest; under his leg is inscribed
AOIAOIA, behind the figure with a Boeotian buckler,
COIOI ... IC; behind the figure on the left AAOIIOCIE
from right to left ; 2. rev. combat of Achilles and Mem-
non, armed like the preceding pair ; Achilles who stands
on the right has a bull's head for the device of his shield;
Memnon, who wears a high crested helmet, has fallen on
one knee ; on either side a youthful horseman in a short chitdn
gallops up to the scene of action; above the central group is
inscribed IOIAIOA; behind the horseman on the right KNO;
under the opposite horseman CVAPONOIS; 3. two sphinxes
confronted,—two pairs of panther shack to back,—two sphinx-
es, flanked by a pair of sirens or harpies; 4. a goat between
two panthers,—an eagle,—a lion and goat confronted. Vulci.
Dur. No. 844.
429. Amphora, lxxxiv. IGjo in. Clay pale; much
restored; design black and crimson with incised lines; 1. com-
bat over a fallen warrior, probably Greeks and Trojans con-
tending over the body of Achilles or Patroklos; in the centre
of the scene stands a warrior in the Greek panoply and with a
Boeotian shield, over which is inscribed TIPESO and below it,
. . VIS9ES; at his feet lies a dead warrior similarly armed,
whom he is defending with uplifted spear ; before him fly
two warriors armed with Argolic bucklers; between the legs
of the hindermost is inscribed OY . . OAfE. . ; the other
between whose legs, 9ESOA, drives his spear, as he retreats,
into the back of a prostrate foe ; behind the victorious figure
is a group of two combatants, both with Argolic bucklers;
one has fallen on his knee, his adversary is about to transfix
him with his spear; between them is inscribed POEO; all
these figures are armed in the Greek panoply and have hel-
mets with cheek pieces, the three fallen warriors have high
crests; 2. athletic exercises; two wrestlers, one bearded
the other more youthful, grasp each other by the arms,
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1. Combat of two warriors, both armed with Argolic bucklers,
helmets, greaves, spears and swords; the combatant on the
right has fallen on his right knee; the outside of his shield is
painted white; behind him two figures, one with a Boeotian
buckler, the other in a white chiton with a crimson outer garment,
and holding a spear ; behind the warrior on the left is a youth
draped like the figure last described, and also holding a spear, and
a female figure in a talaric chiton, over which is a crimson mantle ;
the helmets of the warriors have cheek pieces; that of the
one who has fallen has a high crest; under his leg is inscribed
AOIAOIA, behind the figure with a Boeotian buckler,
COIOI ... IC; behind the figure on the left AAOIIOCIE
from right to left ; 2. rev. combat of Achilles and Mem-
non, armed like the preceding pair ; Achilles who stands
on the right has a bull's head for the device of his shield;
Memnon, who wears a high crested helmet, has fallen on
one knee ; on either side a youthful horseman in a short chitdn
gallops up to the scene of action; above the central group is
inscribed IOIAIOA; behind the horseman on the right KNO;
under the opposite horseman CVAPONOIS; 3. two sphinxes
confronted,—two pairs of panther shack to back,—two sphinx-
es, flanked by a pair of sirens or harpies; 4. a goat between
two panthers,—an eagle,—a lion and goat confronted. Vulci.
Dur. No. 844.
429. Amphora, lxxxiv. IGjo in. Clay pale; much
restored; design black and crimson with incised lines; 1. com-
bat over a fallen warrior, probably Greeks and Trojans con-
tending over the body of Achilles or Patroklos; in the centre
of the scene stands a warrior in the Greek panoply and with a
Boeotian shield, over which is inscribed TIPESO and below it,
. . VIS9ES; at his feet lies a dead warrior similarly armed,
whom he is defending with uplifted spear ; before him fly
two warriors armed with Argolic bucklers; between the legs
of the hindermost is inscribed OY . . OAfE. . ; the other
between whose legs, 9ESOA, drives his spear, as he retreats,
into the back of a prostrate foe ; behind the victorious figure
is a group of two combatants, both with Argolic bucklers;
one has fallen on his knee, his adversary is about to transfix
him with his spear; between them is inscribed POEO; all
these figures are armed in the Greek panoply and have hel-
mets with cheek pieces, the three fallen warriors have high
crests; 2. athletic exercises; two wrestlers, one bearded
the other more youthful, grasp each other by the arms,