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Achilles ; her hair falls in tresses and she wears a necklace ;
2. Memnon standing between two YEthiopian attendants ; he is
armed with a Corinthian helmet, an Argolic buckler, a cuirass
under which is a striped chiton, greaves and a spear ; his hel-
met is surmounted by the figure of a dog, the tail forming the
crest; his cuirass is white and inlayed with many ornaments;
his hair falls in tresses; of his two attendants one wears a
striped chiton reaching to the hips, and a pelta or lunated shield
with the device of a pellet; the other wears a cuirass under which
is a chitSn reaching to the hips, diapered with embroidery;
both are armed with clubs; above, AMASIS POIHSN
[EllOIEZEN] " Amasis made me."
Engraved, Gerhard, Auserl. Vasenb. taf. ccvii. Fanofka, Der Vascnbilder
Amasis, Archiiol. Zeitung, 1846, taf. xxxix, fig. 2, 3.
555. Amphora, cxxxiv. 1 ft. 5^ in. Clay pale; design
black and white, with incised lines ; 1. Nestor? standing by a
quadriga; the charioteer, bearded and clad in a white, talaric
chiton, stands in the chariot, holding the reins in both hands,
and the goad in his right, one of the horses is white; at their
side, looking towards the charioteer, is Nestor, clad in an
embroidered mantle, the front of his head bald, his beard, and
hair which falls in tresses, white; in his right hand he holds
two spears; between him and the charioteer, VVTOSTOS,
above the horses' heads, LTO SISO S LTOSITOO, in front
of the horses a more youthful figure, seated on a cube and
adjusting the pole of the quadriga; he is bearded, and wears a
chiton and mantle; 2. Leda standing between two Doric
columns; Castor and Pollux stand, one on either side, leaning
on their staffs; Leda wears earrings, a necklace, and a chiton
and peplos, both embroidered; her hair is looped up behind;
with her left hand she raises the edge of her peplos, which en-
velopes her right arm; Castor and Pollux are beardless and
wear the chlamys; they lean forward on their staffs and place
their right hands on their hips; under each handle a sym-
bolical eye; on the bottom of the foot an incised character,
PI. B. 555. Vulci. C*
No. 1389.
556. -------------- cxxxiv. 1 ft. 5y^ in. Clay pale; design
black, white and crimson, with incised lines; 1. Rape of
Cassandra; Ajax Oileus advances, spear in hand; he is bearded
and armed with a Corinthian helmet, a cuirass under which
a short, embroidered chiton, greaves, a sword at his left
Achilles ; her hair falls in tresses and she wears a necklace ;
2. Memnon standing between two YEthiopian attendants ; he is
armed with a Corinthian helmet, an Argolic buckler, a cuirass
under which is a striped chiton, greaves and a spear ; his hel-
met is surmounted by the figure of a dog, the tail forming the
crest; his cuirass is white and inlayed with many ornaments;
his hair falls in tresses; of his two attendants one wears a
striped chiton reaching to the hips, and a pelta or lunated shield
with the device of a pellet; the other wears a cuirass under which
is a chitSn reaching to the hips, diapered with embroidery;
both are armed with clubs; above, AMASIS POIHSN
[EllOIEZEN] " Amasis made me."
Engraved, Gerhard, Auserl. Vasenb. taf. ccvii. Fanofka, Der Vascnbilder
Amasis, Archiiol. Zeitung, 1846, taf. xxxix, fig. 2, 3.
555. Amphora, cxxxiv. 1 ft. 5^ in. Clay pale; design
black and white, with incised lines ; 1. Nestor? standing by a
quadriga; the charioteer, bearded and clad in a white, talaric
chiton, stands in the chariot, holding the reins in both hands,
and the goad in his right, one of the horses is white; at their
side, looking towards the charioteer, is Nestor, clad in an
embroidered mantle, the front of his head bald, his beard, and
hair which falls in tresses, white; in his right hand he holds
two spears; between him and the charioteer, VVTOSTOS,
above the horses' heads, LTO SISO S LTOSITOO, in front
of the horses a more youthful figure, seated on a cube and
adjusting the pole of the quadriga; he is bearded, and wears a
chiton and mantle; 2. Leda standing between two Doric
columns; Castor and Pollux stand, one on either side, leaning
on their staffs; Leda wears earrings, a necklace, and a chiton
and peplos, both embroidered; her hair is looped up behind;
with her left hand she raises the edge of her peplos, which en-
velopes her right arm; Castor and Pollux are beardless and
wear the chlamys; they lean forward on their staffs and place
their right hands on their hips; under each handle a sym-
bolical eye; on the bottom of the foot an incised character,
PI. B. 555. Vulci. C*
No. 1389.
556. -------------- cxxxiv. 1 ft. 5y^ in. Clay pale; design
black, white and crimson, with incised lines; 1. Rape of
Cassandra; Ajax Oileus advances, spear in hand; he is bearded
and armed with a Corinthian helmet, a cuirass under which
a short, embroidered chiton, greaves, a sword at his left