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

OF VASES.

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wand, and wearing a necklace, a striped and embroidered
peplos and a talaric, embroidered chiton over which an upper
garment or fold falls as low as the girdle; behind her a
winged, male figure, bearded, and wearing an embroidered
chiton reaching half-way down the thigh, a panther's skin con-
fined by a girdle at the waist, and talaria ; he extends his left
arm towards the female figure in front of him, in his left hand
a Wand ; 3. battle scene ; in the centre of the composition two
quadrigcc moving rapidly in opposite directions, each driven by
a charioteer, both of whom wear white, talaric chitons; one is
bearded; from the quadriga on the right the parabates has
fallen; a warrior armed with a high-crested, Corinthian helmet,
cuirass, Argolic buckler and greaves, springs forward either to
rescue or to dispatch him; he is supported in the rear by three
warriors armed with high-crested, Corinthian helmets, Argolic
bucklers, swords hung at the left side, and greaves; the fore-
roost bears for device a tripod; the last of the three has a
white shield; two of them have diadems round their helmets;
the charioteer is attacked in front by another warrior, armed
with a Corinthian helmet, high-crested, and bound with a
diadem, an Argolic buckler and greaves; he is supported in the
rear by two other warriors moving up to the horses' heads ; the
foremost has a high-crested, Corinthian helmet, an Argolic
buckler with the device of a bull's head, a cuirass, greaves
and a sword at his left side; the warrior behind him is
armed with a high-crested, Corinthian helmet bound with
a diadem, and greaves; 4. rev. three groups; in the centre
Herakles attacking Kyknos; Herakles is clad in the lion's
skin under which is a chiton reaching as low as the hips,
at his left side his quiver; on his right arm a white
Argolic buckler, in his upraised left hand a club; Kyk-
nos, who has fallen on his left knee, is armed with a
high-crested, Corinthian helmet, a cuirass, a Boeotian shield,
and a sword; Zeus interposes between the two combatants,
forcing back the shield of Herakles with his left and that
of Kyknos with his right arm ; his long hair is bound with
a diadem, he is bearded and wears a talaric, embroidered
chiton and a peplos; on either side of this central group a qua-
driya, driven by a charioteer, bearded, and with a white, talaric
chiton; alongside of the one on the right stands Pallas
Athene, hurling a spear; she is armed with a high-crested hel-
met, bound with a diadem and covering the neck, and an