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OF VASES. 253
ground ; the main outlines drawn in black, the inner markings
faintly traced in red with accessories in white; 1. the recog-
nition of Theseus on his first arrival at Athens; the hero
stands grasping the hand of his father Aigeus, while his mother
Aithra stands before him, placing both hands under his chin;
Theseus has his hair bound with laurel and is slightly bearded ;
he wears a chiton reaching to the hips and gathered up under
his girdle, a chlamys thrown over his shoulders, and endromides;
his petasus hangs at his back, his sword at his left side ; in his
left hand he holds two spears; a band passes round his breast
under the arms; Aithra has hair falling down her neck, and
bound with a radiated sphendone with long ends hanging
down behind; she wears earrings of three drops, triglena, a
talaric chiton with sleeves and a bordered peplos; Aigeus has
white hair flow7ing down his neck and bound with a diadem,
and a long pointed beard; he wears a mantle and shoes reach-
ing to the ancles; stooping forward and resting his body
against his staff, he grasps the hand of Theseus with his
right hand, holding a triumphal sash, tainia, rolled up in his
left; behind Theseus Poseidon holding in his right hand his
trident; his hair is wreathed with laureh he has a long pointed
beard, and wears a mantle; 2. rev. Lykaon, Antandros,
Nike ; Lykaon, who stands in the centre of the scene, is beard-
less ; a single tress of long hair hangs down behind the ear; his
petasus hangs over his neck behind ; he wears a chlamys over
his right shoulder fastened with a fibula, and endromides; at his
left side his sword, in his right hand two spears; he looks to-
wards Nike who offers him aphiale ; she is winged, her hair falls
down her neck behind, the ends of the tresses being gathered
into a club under a net; she wears a coronal, earrings with
three drops, triglena, and a talaric chiton with sleeves, with
a fold falling over the girdle ; the breasts are supported by
two bands which cross the bosom and pass over the shoulders,
and under the arms ; in her left hand she holds up the skirt of
her drapery; Antandros is bald on the temples and bearded;
he is clad in a mantle, out of the folds of which he raises his
right hand as if addressing Lykaon ; in his left he holds his
staff, baktron. Vulci. C*
No. 1201.
810. Amphora, cxxxiv. 1 ft. 7 in. Design red on a
black ground; the main outlines drawn in black, the inner
markings faintly traced in red; the parting of Hector and An-
dromache; on the obverse Hector stands holding in his
ground ; the main outlines drawn in black, the inner markings
faintly traced in red with accessories in white; 1. the recog-
nition of Theseus on his first arrival at Athens; the hero
stands grasping the hand of his father Aigeus, while his mother
Aithra stands before him, placing both hands under his chin;
Theseus has his hair bound with laurel and is slightly bearded ;
he wears a chiton reaching to the hips and gathered up under
his girdle, a chlamys thrown over his shoulders, and endromides;
his petasus hangs at his back, his sword at his left side ; in his
left hand he holds two spears; a band passes round his breast
under the arms; Aithra has hair falling down her neck, and
bound with a radiated sphendone with long ends hanging
down behind; she wears earrings of three drops, triglena, a
talaric chiton with sleeves and a bordered peplos; Aigeus has
white hair flow7ing down his neck and bound with a diadem,
and a long pointed beard; he wears a mantle and shoes reach-
ing to the ancles; stooping forward and resting his body
against his staff, he grasps the hand of Theseus with his
right hand, holding a triumphal sash, tainia, rolled up in his
left; behind Theseus Poseidon holding in his right hand his
trident; his hair is wreathed with laureh he has a long pointed
beard, and wears a mantle; 2. rev. Lykaon, Antandros,
Nike ; Lykaon, who stands in the centre of the scene, is beard-
less ; a single tress of long hair hangs down behind the ear; his
petasus hangs over his neck behind ; he wears a chlamys over
his right shoulder fastened with a fibula, and endromides; at his
left side his sword, in his right hand two spears; he looks to-
wards Nike who offers him aphiale ; she is winged, her hair falls
down her neck behind, the ends of the tresses being gathered
into a club under a net; she wears a coronal, earrings with
three drops, triglena, and a talaric chiton with sleeves, with
a fold falling over the girdle ; the breasts are supported by
two bands which cross the bosom and pass over the shoulders,
and under the arms ; in her left hand she holds up the skirt of
her drapery; Antandros is bald on the temples and bearded;
he is clad in a mantle, out of the folds of which he raises his
right hand as if addressing Lykaon ; in his left he holds his
staff, baktron. Vulci. C*
No. 1201.
810. Amphora, cxxxiv. 1 ft. 7 in. Design red on a
black ground; the main outlines drawn in black, the inner
markings faintly traced in red; the parting of Hector and An-
dromache; on the obverse Hector stands holding in his