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OF VASES.
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and the Nemean lion ; the hero, stooping forward, has locked
the lion's neck between his arms; the animal digs its fore paws
into his thighs; behind him his club; the scene takes place
on rocky ground. Vulci.
Dur. No. 298.
820. Shallow two handled cup. cxliv. 3-fV in.
by 9 in. Design red on a black ground, the main out-
lines drawn in black, the inner markings faintly traced
in red with accessories in crimson; 1. Contest of Hera-
kles with Andromache and two other Amazons; the hero
stoops forward to dispatch with his club a fallen Amazon
whom he has seized by the pteruges of her cuirass; he
is assailed in turn by the spear of Andromache, who ad-
vances to the rescue of her fallen companion; behind He-
rakles a third Amazon retreating from the scene; the hero is
bearded and clad in the lion's shin knotted round his neck ; over
his back his name, HPAKV ES, from right to left; at his left
side his sword; the three Amazons are armed with helmets,
cuirasses with pteruges and shoulder straps, Argolic bucklers,
and greaves; Andromache and the retreating figure are armed
with spears, the fallen figure with a sword which she has drawn
a little way out of the scabbard ; their helmets are crested,
have cheek-pieces, and cover the back of the neck; under
their cuirasses they wear chitons reaching to the hips ; Andro-
mache bears for the device of her shield a tripod, the fallen
figure, four wings issuing from a small central wheel or flower ;
on the shield of the retreating figure the body of a chariot;
above the spear of Andromache, her name, ANAPOMAXE ;
in front of the retreating figure, HIPO, " Hippo," from right
to left; 2. rev. the scene of the obverse continued ; three
Amazons running along as if to the assistance of their com-
panion ; in the centre a figure running by the side of a horse
whom she is holding by the rein ; she wears a Phrygian cap,
and a tight fitting jerkin and anaxyrides, both striped ; at her
left side a quiver suspended from a shoulder belt embroidered
with the Mseander; her Phrygian cap has long stavps notched at
the edge and hanging over her breast; in her left hand she holds
her bow; the Amazon in front and the one behind her are both
armed with helmets, cuirasses, Argolic bucklers, greaves and
spears; their helmets are crested, have cheek-pieces and cover
the back of the neck; their cuirasses have shoulder straps and
pteruges, under them they wear embroidered chitons reaching
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and the Nemean lion ; the hero, stooping forward, has locked
the lion's neck between his arms; the animal digs its fore paws
into his thighs; behind him his club; the scene takes place
on rocky ground. Vulci.
Dur. No. 298.
820. Shallow two handled cup. cxliv. 3-fV in.
by 9 in. Design red on a black ground, the main out-
lines drawn in black, the inner markings faintly traced
in red with accessories in crimson; 1. Contest of Hera-
kles with Andromache and two other Amazons; the hero
stoops forward to dispatch with his club a fallen Amazon
whom he has seized by the pteruges of her cuirass; he
is assailed in turn by the spear of Andromache, who ad-
vances to the rescue of her fallen companion; behind He-
rakles a third Amazon retreating from the scene; the hero is
bearded and clad in the lion's shin knotted round his neck ; over
his back his name, HPAKV ES, from right to left; at his left
side his sword; the three Amazons are armed with helmets,
cuirasses with pteruges and shoulder straps, Argolic bucklers,
and greaves; Andromache and the retreating figure are armed
with spears, the fallen figure with a sword which she has drawn
a little way out of the scabbard ; their helmets are crested,
have cheek-pieces, and cover the back of the neck; under
their cuirasses they wear chitons reaching to the hips ; Andro-
mache bears for the device of her shield a tripod, the fallen
figure, four wings issuing from a small central wheel or flower ;
on the shield of the retreating figure the body of a chariot;
above the spear of Andromache, her name, ANAPOMAXE ;
in front of the retreating figure, HIPO, " Hippo," from right
to left; 2. rev. the scene of the obverse continued ; three
Amazons running along as if to the assistance of their com-
panion ; in the centre a figure running by the side of a horse
whom she is holding by the rein ; she wears a Phrygian cap,
and a tight fitting jerkin and anaxyrides, both striped ; at her
left side a quiver suspended from a shoulder belt embroidered
with the Mseander; her Phrygian cap has long stavps notched at
the edge and hanging over her breast; in her left hand she holds
her bow; the Amazon in front and the one behind her are both
armed with helmets, cuirasses, Argolic bucklers, greaves and
spears; their helmets are crested, have cheek-pieces and cover
the back of the neck; their cuirasses have shoulder straps and
pteruges, under them they wear embroidered chitons reaching