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hind him Herakles playing on the double flutes; he wears a
chiton reaching to the hips over which is the lion's skin girt
round the waist; his sword hangs from a shoulder belt at his
left side, his quiver to which a wing is attached, at his back ;
at his side a steer standing by a tree; behind Herakles
Iolaos stretching forward a phiali for him to drink from;
he is bearded, and wears an embroidered chlamys ; all three
are crowned with branches of laurel; 2. rev. on a tablet,
the same scene ; on the stand a frieze of five Seileni; two
Seileni stand, one on each side of a kratir, the one plays on the
double flutes, his hair and long beard are white, the other ex-
tends his arms as if in astonishment at the sight of the kratcr;
next to him a Seilenos dancing, and playing on the heptachord
chelys with the plectrum ; the sides of the chelys terminate at
the cross bar in swans' heads ; before him stands a Seilenos
looking back with a crooked stick in his right hand and an
embroidered chlamys on his left arm, behind him a Seilenos
dancing; all these figures are bearded and wear ivy-wreaths.
Mon. dell' Inst. Arch, iv, Tav. 11. Annal. xvi, pp. 213-25.
589. Amphora, lxxxiv. 1 ft. 8^ in. Clay pale, varnish
black; design black, white and crimson, with incised lines;
1. Bacchic thiasos; Dionysos stands in a quadriga, clad in
a talaric chiton and j^cplos, his hair ivy crowned, his beard
long and pointed; he holds the reins in both hands and the
goad in his right; at the side of the chariot the Satyr Dithy-
rambos, playing on the heptachord lyre, and at the side of the
horses a Mamad, wearing a talaric chiton and peplos and playing
on the krotala; at the horses' heads a Satyr bearing on his
shoulders another Mscnad who wears a necklace and a talaric,
embroidered chitCrn with sleeves; behind her a Satyr, kneeling
before another Mcenad, who dances before him; the Satyr
holds in his right hand a keras and vine branches, the
Mcenad wears a talaric, embroidered chiton, a panther's skin,
and a chlamys hanging from the shoulders; behind the qua-
driga a Mauiad playing with the krotala followed by an ithy-
phallic Satyr, who uses an obscene gesture, holding in his left
hand a vine branch ; 2. rev. Dionysos seated on an okladias, at
his side Ariadne seated on a cube; Dionysos is ivy-crowned, his
beard long and pointed ; he wears a talaric chiton and holds in
his left hand a kantharos, before him the vine ; Ariadne wears
an embroidered, talaric chiton undpeplos; her hair falls down her
neck and is crowned with ivy ; she moves her hands up and
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hind him Herakles playing on the double flutes; he wears a
chiton reaching to the hips over which is the lion's skin girt
round the waist; his sword hangs from a shoulder belt at his
left side, his quiver to which a wing is attached, at his back ;
at his side a steer standing by a tree; behind Herakles
Iolaos stretching forward a phiali for him to drink from;
he is bearded, and wears an embroidered chlamys ; all three
are crowned with branches of laurel; 2. rev. on a tablet,
the same scene ; on the stand a frieze of five Seileni; two
Seileni stand, one on each side of a kratir, the one plays on the
double flutes, his hair and long beard are white, the other ex-
tends his arms as if in astonishment at the sight of the kratcr;
next to him a Seilenos dancing, and playing on the heptachord
chelys with the plectrum ; the sides of the chelys terminate at
the cross bar in swans' heads ; before him stands a Seilenos
looking back with a crooked stick in his right hand and an
embroidered chlamys on his left arm, behind him a Seilenos
dancing; all these figures are bearded and wear ivy-wreaths.
Mon. dell' Inst. Arch, iv, Tav. 11. Annal. xvi, pp. 213-25.
589. Amphora, lxxxiv. 1 ft. 8^ in. Clay pale, varnish
black; design black, white and crimson, with incised lines;
1. Bacchic thiasos; Dionysos stands in a quadriga, clad in
a talaric chiton and j^cplos, his hair ivy crowned, his beard
long and pointed; he holds the reins in both hands and the
goad in his right; at the side of the chariot the Satyr Dithy-
rambos, playing on the heptachord lyre, and at the side of the
horses a Mamad, wearing a talaric chiton and peplos and playing
on the krotala; at the horses' heads a Satyr bearing on his
shoulders another Mscnad who wears a necklace and a talaric,
embroidered chitCrn with sleeves; behind her a Satyr, kneeling
before another Mcenad, who dances before him; the Satyr
holds in his right hand a keras and vine branches, the
Mcenad wears a talaric, embroidered chiton, a panther's skin,
and a chlamys hanging from the shoulders; behind the qua-
driga a Mauiad playing with the krotala followed by an ithy-
phallic Satyr, who uses an obscene gesture, holding in his left
hand a vine branch ; 2. rev. Dionysos seated on an okladias, at
his side Ariadne seated on a cube; Dionysos is ivy-crowned, his
beard long and pointed ; he wears a talaric chiton and holds in
his left hand a kantharos, before him the vine ; Ariadne wears
an embroidered, talaric chiton undpeplos; her hair falls down her
neck and is crowned with ivy ; she moves her hands up and