A catalogue of the Greek and Etruscan Vases in the British Museum (Band 1) (London, 1851)

OF VASES.

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No. 4/1 supra; his helmet is bound with a diadem ; in front a
warrior in the Greek panoply with a Corinthian helmet and the
device of a triquetra of legs or triskelos on his Argolic buckler,
he looks back as he retreats; at his side an archer, bearded,
with a Phrygian cap, a short chitSn and greaves ; at his
left side a quiver, from which hangs the tail of some animal, in
his left hand an Amazonian axe, or pelehjs; behind Achilles
a warrior in the Greek panoply, and with hair in long tresses,
probably Ajax, son of Telamon ; he has a high-crested Corin-
thian helmet, on his Argolic shield is a bull's head for device ; he
is piercing with his spear an Amazon, fallen at his feet; she wears
a cuirass over a short, embroidered chiton, greaves, a skull-cap,
high-crested and bound with a diadem, her hair is long ; on her
shield are two pellets, in her right hand a broken spear; above
the warrior last described, KALOS, in front of Achilles, KPITI
" Kritias is noble ;" 2. frieze representing a warrior arming;
in the centre a youthful figure, his hair long and bound with
a diadem, is placing a greave on his left leg which rests on
his Corinthian helmet; he is already accoutred with his
cuirass, sword and the other greave ; before him stands a
female figure with hair in long tresses and a talaric chiton,
holding his spear ; his shield with the device of a tripod is sup-
ported by a male figure, armed with a high-crested Corinthian
helmet, greaves, a spear, and an Argolic buckler with the de-
vice of a human leg and thigh, from under which hang the ends
of a mantle ; on the right of these figures, and looking back at
them is an archer, bearded, with a Phrygian cap, a short, em-
broidered chiton, a pelekys, and a quiver from which hangs
the tail of some animal; and, at the end of the frieze, a
warrior armed with a Corinthian helmet, greaves, an Argolic
buckler with the device of three pellets and a spear; the ends
of a mantle appear below his shield; on the left side of the
central group are three figures, a warrior armed like the one last
described and with the same device on his shield, a figure ac-
coutred like the archer last described, but beardless and there-
fore probably, an Amazon, and a female figure in a talaric chiton
and embroidered peplos, holding a wand in her left hand; at the
bottom of the foot incised characters, PL A. 4/2. Vulci.

Dur. No. 390.

473. Hydria. lxxxv. 1 ft. 8Ta-g-in. Clay pale, varnish black;
design black, white and crimson, with incised lines ; 1. the death
of Troilos; Achilles has just descended from his quadriga of
which the horses' heads and legs appear at the side of the scene;