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Achilles, looking back at Memnon as he thrusts his spear at
him; Memnon has on the inside of his Boeotian shield the
device of two pellets, his spear is raised to pierce the falling
Antilochos; behind him his mother, Aurora, in a talaric
chiton, over which falls an upper fold or garment as low as the
girdle; her long hair falls down her back ; she waves her hands
as if in extreme grief; behind Achilles his mother, ThetiSj
wearing a talaric chiton, striped and embroidered, over which
falls an upper fold or garment as low as the girdle; her hair
falls down her back; her hands are extended before her; 4.
two bearded Centaurs galloping from opposite sides towards a
bird flying between them, each holds in the right hand a stone;
on the bottom of the foot incised characters, PL B. 549-
Vulci. C*
No. 608.
550. Amphora, cxxxiv. 1 ft. 5T<V in. Clay pale ; design
black, white and crimson, with incised lines ; 1. a naked figure,
bearded, stepping into a biga, and holding the goad, kentron, in
his right, and the reins in each hand; his charioteer, beardless,
clad in a crimson, talaric chiton, stands at the horses' heads, ad-
justing the harness ; one of the horses is white, from his collar,
lepadnon, hang alternate honey-suckle ornaments and pome-
granate ? flowers, the phalara which were intended to act as
bells, when the horses were in rapid motion; 2. two horse-
men stand by the side of their horses, holding the reins;
both are clad in chitons reaching to the hips, the foremost is
bearded and wears a shoulder belt; the second wears a diadem
and has less beard; the horses wear collars, lepadna. Vulci. C*
No. 1554.
550* -------------- cxxxiv. 1 ft.5 x% in. Clay pale; design
black, white and crimson, with incised lines; 1. punish-
ment of Sisyphos; on the left Hades seated on a cube,
leaning on his sceptre; he is clad in a chiton and mantle,
both embroidered, his beard and hair, which falls in tresses
and is bound with a diadem, are white; before him Hermes
and Persephone, looking back at him as they depart; with
the fore-finger of his right hand Hermes points straight
upwards in the air; he is bearded and has his usual attri-
butes, wearing under his chlamys an embroidered chiton
reaching as low as the hips; his long hair is looped up
behind by a diadem; Persephone wears a necklace, a peplos
and talaric chiton, both embroidered, her long hair is bound
Achilles, looking back at Memnon as he thrusts his spear at
him; Memnon has on the inside of his Boeotian shield the
device of two pellets, his spear is raised to pierce the falling
Antilochos; behind him his mother, Aurora, in a talaric
chiton, over which falls an upper fold or garment as low as the
girdle; her long hair falls down her back ; she waves her hands
as if in extreme grief; behind Achilles his mother, ThetiSj
wearing a talaric chiton, striped and embroidered, over which
falls an upper fold or garment as low as the girdle; her hair
falls down her back; her hands are extended before her; 4.
two bearded Centaurs galloping from opposite sides towards a
bird flying between them, each holds in the right hand a stone;
on the bottom of the foot incised characters, PL B. 549-
Vulci. C*
No. 608.
550. Amphora, cxxxiv. 1 ft. 5T<V in. Clay pale ; design
black, white and crimson, with incised lines ; 1. a naked figure,
bearded, stepping into a biga, and holding the goad, kentron, in
his right, and the reins in each hand; his charioteer, beardless,
clad in a crimson, talaric chiton, stands at the horses' heads, ad-
justing the harness ; one of the horses is white, from his collar,
lepadnon, hang alternate honey-suckle ornaments and pome-
granate ? flowers, the phalara which were intended to act as
bells, when the horses were in rapid motion; 2. two horse-
men stand by the side of their horses, holding the reins;
both are clad in chitons reaching to the hips, the foremost is
bearded and wears a shoulder belt; the second wears a diadem
and has less beard; the horses wear collars, lepadna. Vulci. C*
No. 1554.
550* -------------- cxxxiv. 1 ft.5 x% in. Clay pale; design
black, white and crimson, with incised lines; 1. punish-
ment of Sisyphos; on the left Hades seated on a cube,
leaning on his sceptre; he is clad in a chiton and mantle,
both embroidered, his beard and hair, which falls in tresses
and is bound with a diadem, are white; before him Hermes
and Persephone, looking back at him as they depart; with
the fore-finger of his right hand Hermes points straight
upwards in the air; he is bearded and has his usual attri-
butes, wearing under his chlamys an embroidered chiton
reaching as low as the hips; his long hair is looped up
behind by a diadem; Persephone wears a necklace, a peplos
and talaric chiton, both embroidered, her long hair is bound