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

OF VASES. 87

crowned, bearded, clad in a talaric chiton and peplos, holding in
his left hand a keras, in his right a vine; before him a female
figure, clad in a talaric chiton and striped and embroidered^<?/>/os,
in which her hands are enveloped, her long hair crowned with a
mitra ; behind him another female figure, clad in a talaric chiton,
striped and embroidered, and girt at the waist, her long hair
bound with a mitra, her left hand extended towards Dionysos ;
2. rev. departure of a warrior for battle ; a quadriga in which
is a charioteer, bareheaded, bearded, clad in a talaric chiton girt
round the waist, holding the reins with both hands and in his
right hand two spears, at his left side a sword ; at the side of
the horses and turned towards him are two figures ; one, a warrior
armed with two spears, a high-crested helmet with eheek-pieces,
an Argolic buckler with the device of two white pellets, and one
red one; the other, an archer, bearded, with a pointed cap, and a
tight fitting, embroidered jerkin; at the horses' heads stands a
warrior armed witli a high-crested helmet, an Argolic buckler
with the device of two dolphins, greaves and a sword. C.
De Witte, Descr. No. 47.

519. Amphora, cxxxiv. 1 ft. 5 in. Clay pale; design
black and white with incised lines ; 1. a nuptial scene, Apollo
Citharoedus followed by several figures; he wears a talaric
chiton, embroidered and with sleeves, over which is a peplos;
he is beardless, his hair falls in long tresses; he plays on the
heptachord lyre with the plectrum; at his side is a hind;
behind is Artemis, clad in a talaric chiton over which is a
peplos, she wears a necklace and has her long hair looped up
behind by a diadem ; over the head of Apollo, >ISTISINI > ;
behind Artemis, ZOTVIIITV; following Apollo and Ar-
temis, are a male and female figure, side by side, the male
figure is bearded, his hair falls down his neck, the female
figure wears a necklace; both are clad in embroidered, talaric
chitons and pepli; 2. rev. Dionysos, clad in a white, talaric
chiton, spotted with black, over which he wears a peplos,
his hair ivy-crowned and falling in tresses, his beard long
and pointed; he holds in his right hand a vine, in his left a
kantharos; before him a female figure, Aphrodite,_ clad in an
embroidered, talaric chiton falling over the girdle in a kolpos,
over which hangs the peplos ; her hair is looped up behind by a
diadem, she wears a necklace ; in her left hand she holds for-
ward a flower,looking back at Dionysos, whose bull is at her side;
before her Hermes, looking back, his hair in long tresses, his