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

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either hand ; on the centre of the inside a Maenad playing on
the krotala ; she wears a talaric chiton and peplos.

708. Shallow two-handled cup. cxliv. 3 in.by *J\ in.
Clay pale, varnish black ; design black with incised lines; 1.
Dionysos, Satyrs and a Maenad; a group in the centre of the
scene of a Satyr crouching down and holding in his arms a Mae-
nad clad in a talaric chiton ; on either side a Satyr dancing and
playing on the krotala ; one has his back to the group in the
centre, the other looks back at it as he turns away; at either
extremity of the scene a figure resembling Dionysos, clad in a
talaric chiton and peplos and holding in the right hand a vine, in
the left a her as ; one of these figures looks back at the scene as
he turns from it, the other is turned towards it; 2. rev. the same
subject repeated; both Satyrs are turned to the right; 3.
in the centre of the inside Hermes running, and looking back ;
he wears the petasus, chlamys, a chiton reaching halfway down
the thigh and talaria . T.

709. ■--------------cxliv. 3jj in. by 8j% in. Clay pale,

varnish black; design, on the outside, black and crimson
with incised lines on a white ground, on the inside, black
and crimson, with incised lines; 1. Apollo Citharoedus,
Artemis, and another figure who holds a wreath; Apollo
has long hair falling on his shoulders, and bound with a diadem
and is clad in a bordered, talaric chiton and peplos ; he plays on
the heptachord lyre with the plectrum; from the lyre hangs
drapery; opposite him stands Artemis holding in her right
hand her bow, in her left an ivy-branch ; at her back her
quiver; she wears a talaric chiton, over which falls a peplos ;
her hair, which falls in tresses, is surmounted by a mit>-a; be-
hind Apollo Let6 about to crown him with a wreath; her
long hair is bound with a diadem, she wears a bordered,
talaric chiton and peplos; in her right hand she holds ivy-
branches ; on either side of the scene a symbolical eye; 2.
rev. the same scene slightly varied ; the figure behind Apollo
holds up her left hand but has no wreath ; under each handle
a Siren or Harpy with long hair and regardant; 3. inside
the cup, a Gorgon's face. Vulci.

Dur. No. 10.

710.----------------cxlv. SfVin. by 5yVin- Clay pale, var-
nish black; design black; a Siren or Harpy regardant, on
either side, a male figure, bearded and clad in a mantle; re-
peated on the reverse. H.
 
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