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OF VASES.
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red on a black ground; the main outlines drawn in black with
accessories in crimson; the drawing stiff and mannered as if
in imitation of the archaic style ; 1. Achilles standing armed in
the Greek panoply with a crested Corinthian helmet and an
Argolic buckler; his cuirass is made of scales, the thorax
pholidotos, to which is attached a large plate, covering the
back and shoulders; round his waist is a belt, zoster, to
which are attached xrtcruges; underneath is a chiton reach-
ing to the hips ; a chlamys hangs from his neck ; his greaves
are ornamented on the inside with spirals; his beard is long
and pointed; he holds his spear upright in his right hand;
in front of him, AXIVEyS; 2. rev. Briseis standing looking at
a flower which she holds in her left hand ; her hair is wreath-
ed and falls in long tresses ; she wears earrings, armlets, a
peplos and a talaric chiton with looped up sleeves over which
an upper fold or garment falls as low as the waist; her
chiton is bordered with the Mseander pattern above and
encircled with a black line halfway up the leg; her pe-
plos is embroidered and bordered with the Mreander pattern ;
in front of her, BPISEIS; on the handles, EVXSICD EOS
EPOIESEN, " Euxitheos made [me]," painted in black on a
red ground. Vulci.
Dur. No. 386. Gerhard, Auserl. Vascnb.Taf. ci.xxxvu.
804. Amphora, clv. 1 ft. Sfe in. Design red on a
black ground; the main outlines drawn in black, the inner
markings faintly traced in red, with accessories in white; 1.
Argonautic sacrifice; on the left hand side of a blazing altar
stands Herakles pouring a libation on the flames from aphialS
which has been filled from the oinochoe of a Nike hovering in
the air; opposite stands a youthful male figure, probably
Jason, holding in the flames a piece of meat on two spits ; be-
hind is a youthful figure holding up another piece of meat on a
spit, and an aulMes playing on the double flutes ; Herakles is
laurelled and bearded, and wears a peplos which covers the
body nearly to the feet, leaving the right arm and shoulder bare ;
he raises his left hand as if addressing the Nike ; above his head
APXENAVTHZ, " naval commander," an epithet referring
to the Argonautic expedition, of which according to one set of
traditions he was the chief; the Nike has her hair gathered up
in a knot behind with a diadem wound several times round it,
and wears a talaric chiton over which is an upper fold or
garment reaching to the waist; her right hand and the oinochoe it
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red on a black ground; the main outlines drawn in black with
accessories in crimson; the drawing stiff and mannered as if
in imitation of the archaic style ; 1. Achilles standing armed in
the Greek panoply with a crested Corinthian helmet and an
Argolic buckler; his cuirass is made of scales, the thorax
pholidotos, to which is attached a large plate, covering the
back and shoulders; round his waist is a belt, zoster, to
which are attached xrtcruges; underneath is a chiton reach-
ing to the hips ; a chlamys hangs from his neck ; his greaves
are ornamented on the inside with spirals; his beard is long
and pointed; he holds his spear upright in his right hand;
in front of him, AXIVEyS; 2. rev. Briseis standing looking at
a flower which she holds in her left hand ; her hair is wreath-
ed and falls in long tresses ; she wears earrings, armlets, a
peplos and a talaric chiton with looped up sleeves over which
an upper fold or garment falls as low as the waist; her
chiton is bordered with the Mseander pattern above and
encircled with a black line halfway up the leg; her pe-
plos is embroidered and bordered with the Mreander pattern ;
in front of her, BPISEIS; on the handles, EVXSICD EOS
EPOIESEN, " Euxitheos made [me]," painted in black on a
red ground. Vulci.
Dur. No. 386. Gerhard, Auserl. Vascnb.Taf. ci.xxxvu.
804. Amphora, clv. 1 ft. Sfe in. Design red on a
black ground; the main outlines drawn in black, the inner
markings faintly traced in red, with accessories in white; 1.
Argonautic sacrifice; on the left hand side of a blazing altar
stands Herakles pouring a libation on the flames from aphialS
which has been filled from the oinochoe of a Nike hovering in
the air; opposite stands a youthful male figure, probably
Jason, holding in the flames a piece of meat on two spits ; be-
hind is a youthful figure holding up another piece of meat on a
spit, and an aulMes playing on the double flutes ; Herakles is
laurelled and bearded, and wears a peplos which covers the
body nearly to the feet, leaving the right arm and shoulder bare ;
he raises his left hand as if addressing the Nike ; above his head
APXENAVTHZ, " naval commander," an epithet referring
to the Argonautic expedition, of which according to one set of
traditions he was the chief; the Nike has her hair gathered up
in a knot behind with a diadem wound several times round it,
and wears a talaric chiton over which is an upper fold or
garment reaching to the waist; her right hand and the oinochoe it