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

OF VASES. 269

hold of the antyx of her shield; she is armed with a Corinthian
crested helmet, a cuirass, an Argolic buckler with the device of
a kite flying, and a spear which she thrusts at Herakles as she
retreats ; behind him Lykopis flying in the contrary direction ;
she is accoutred with a Phrygian cap, a cuirass of leather with
shoulder straps and 2iteruges, a quiver hung at her left side,
and a bow in her left hand; to the mouth of the quiver is
attached a wing; she looks back at the scene as she flies from
it ;in front of her face, [AV]KOPIS, " Lykopis," behind her,
KA . .; behind the other Amazon, .... Ol ; 3. inside the
cup, a naked female figure stooping to attach her right sandal;
her hair is covered with a coif; she wears earrings and arm-
lets; round her, MEMNON KA\ OS, " Memnon is noble."
Vulci.

Dur. No. 428.

821.* Shallow two handled cup. cxliv. 4T7T in.
by 1 ft. lT"ij in. Design red on a black ground, with
accessories in crimson; 1. three youthful figures, Nikon,
Chilon and Solon, apparently playing at some game; on
the left Nikon, who has long hair looped up behind un-
der an ivy-wreath, and a mantle hanging from his left
shoulder; in front of him, NIK[0]N, and behind him
from right to left, KAVOS, " Nikon is noble ;" he bends his
knees slightly and stretches out both hands as if to receive
something from a youth before him, Chilon, who looks
back as he retreats from him, wearing his mantle on his
left arm, and holding in his right a branch level with his
head; on the right a third youth, Solon, bearing on his shoulder
a knotted staff from which hangs his mantle ; before him,
XIVON SOVON, from right to left, behind him, KAVOS,
" Solon is noble ;'' both these two last figures have long hair
looped up by a myrtle wreath; 2. rev. a bearded figure
wreathed with ivy and wearing a mantle, playing on the clielys,
between two bearded figures, wreathed with myrtle and also
wearing mantles; the figure on the left holds in his right hand
a knotted staff and is following the figure playing on the clielys;
in front of him his name, MOV TIS, behind his head,[KAV]OS,
" Molpis is noble," from right to left; in front of the figure
playing on the chelys, his name, GAVIN OS, " Thalinos;"
the third figure advances from the right to meet the other two;
in his right hand he holds a flower ?; behind him his name,
XSANGOS, " Xanthos;" 3. inside the cup, an archer or Ama-
zon crouching down to draw a bow ; this figure has long hair and